Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

17-13-29. Authority of arresting officers; penalties for refusal to assist arresting officers.

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Every peace officer or other person empowered to make the arrest shall have the same authority, in arresting the accused, to command assistance therein as peace officers have by law in the execution of any criminal process directed to them, with like penalties against those who refuse their assistance.

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, § 9.

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