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 4A. ENHANCED CRIMINAL PENALTIES

16-11-162. Exemption for use of force in defense of others.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

This part shall not apply to persons who use force in defense of others as provided by Code Section 16-3-21. This part is intended to supplement not to supplant Code Section 16-11-106.

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

Code 1981, § 16-11-162, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 354, § 1.

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