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title: O.C.G.A. § 16-5-105. Applicability.
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# O.C.G.A. § 16-5-105. Applicability.

(a) The use of a power of attorney as provided for in Chapter 6B of Title 10 shall not, in and of itself, absolve a person from prosecution under this article.

(b) This article shall be cumulative and supplemental to any other law of this state.

## History

Code 1981, § 16-5-104, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 524, § 1-1/HB 78; Code 1981, § 16-5-105, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2015, p. 598, § 1-3/HB 72; Ga. L. 2017, p. 435, § 3-3/HB 221.

The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, added subsection (a); and designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (b).

## Law Reviews

For article on the 2015 enactment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 63 (2015).