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title: O.C.G.A. § 16-6-19. Adultery.
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# O.C.G.A. § 16-6-19. Adultery.

A married person commits the offense of adultery when he voluntarily has sexual intercourse with a person other than his spouse and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.

## History

Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, pp. 814, 815; Code 1863, § 4419; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 233, § 2; Code 1868, § 4460; Code 1873, § 4534; Code 1882, § 4534; Penal Code 1895, § 381; Penal Code 1910, § 372; Code 1933, § 26-5801; Code 1933, § 26-2009, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

## Cross References

Adultery as grounds for divorce, § 19-5-3. General rule of competency, § 24-6-601. Abolition of right of action for adultery, alienation of affections, or criminal conversation, § 51-1-17.

## Law Reviews

For article, ‘‘Misdemeanor Sentencing in Georgia,’’ see 7 Ga. St. B. J. 8 (2001).