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title: O.C.G.A. § 17-6-13. First bail for offense permitted as matter of right; subsequent bails to be in discretion of court.
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# O.C.G.A. § 17-6-13. First bail for offense permitted as matter of right; subsequent bails to be in discretion of court.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each person who is entitled to bail under this article shall be permitted one bail for the same offense as a matter of right. Subsequent bails shall be in the discretion of the court.

## History

Laws 1832, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 862; Code 1863, § 4625; Code 1868, § 4649; Code 1873, § 4747; Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 55, § 1; Code 1882, § 4747; Penal Code 1895, § 934; Penal Code 1910, § 959; Code 1933, § 27-903; Ga. L. 1971, p. 408, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 452, § 2.

## History of Code Section.

The language in this Code section is derived in part from the decision in Newsome v. Scott, 151 Ga. 639, 107 S.E. 854 (1921).