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title: O.C.G.A. § 17-7-34. Effect of informality in commitment or prior proceedings.
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# O.C.G.A. § 17-7-34. Effect of informality in commitment or prior proceedings.

No defendant shall be discharged on a writ of habeas corpus because of informality in the commitment or in the proceedings prior thereto, provided there has been substantial compliance with this article.

## History

Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 856; Code 1863, § 4626; Code 1868, § 4650; Code 1873, § 4748; Code 1882, § 4748; Penal Code 1895, § 926; Penal Code 1910, § 951; Code 1933, § 27-422.

## Cross References

Further provisions regarding circumstances in which person shall not be discharged upon hearing of writ of habeas corpus, § 9-14-16.