Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 11. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY · Article 2. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER

16-11-34. Preventing or disrupting lawful meetings, gatherings, or processions.

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(a)
A person who recklessly or knowingly commits any act which may reasonably be expected to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting, gathering, or procession is guilty of a misdemeanor.#
(b)
This Code section shall not be construed to affect the powers delegated to counties or to municipal corporations to pass laws to punish disorderly conduct within their respective limits.#

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 1933, § 26-2605, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

Cross references

Open and public meetings, § 50-14-1 et seq.

Law reviews

For annual survey of criminal law, see 58 Mercer L. Rev. 83 (2006). For survey article on local government law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 285 (2007).

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