Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 11. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY · Article 4. DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTALITIES AND PRACTICES · Part 2. POSSESSION OF DANGEROUS WEAPONS

16-11-123. Unlawful possession of firearms or weapons.

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A person commits the offense of unlawful possession of firearms or weapons when he or she knowingly has in his or her possession any sawed-off shotgun, sawed-off rifle, machine gun, dangerous weapon, or silencer, and, upon conviction thereof, he or she shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of five years.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1968, p. 983, § 3; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1630, § 2.

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For note on 2000 amendment of this Code section, see 17 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 97 (2000).

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