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title: O.C.G.A. § 16-13-32.3. Use of communication facility in committing or facilitating commission of act which constitutes felony under chapter; penalty.
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# O.C.G.A. § 16-13-32.3. Use of communication facility in committing or facilitating commission of act which constitutes felony under chapter; penalty.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to use any communication facility in committing or in causing or facilitating the commission of any act or acts constituting a felony under this chapter. Each separate use of a communication facility shall be a separate offense under this Code section. For purposes of this Code section, the term “communication facility” means any and all public and private instrumentalities used or useful in the transmission of writing, signs, signals, pictures, or sounds of all kinds and includes mail, telephone, wire, radio, computer or computer network, and all other means of communication.

(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $30,000.00 or by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than four years, or both.

## History

Code 1981, § 16-13-32.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2359, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 574, § 1.

## Law Reviews

For survey article on criminal law and procedure, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 89 (1982).

For note on the 1995 amendment of this Code section, see 12 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 130 (1995).