Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Chapter 13. CRIMINAL EXTRADITION · Article 2. UNIFORM CRIMINAL EXTRADITION ACT

17-13-26. Investigation of case upon receipt of demand for extradition.

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When a demand for the surrender of a person charged with a crime shall be made upon the Governor of this state by the executive authority of another state, the Governor may call upon the Attorney General or any prosecuting officer in this state to investigate or assist in investigating the demand, to report to him the situation and circumstances of the person so demanded, and to advise whether he ought to be surrendered.

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.

Ga. L. 1951, p. 726, § 4.

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