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Title 21. ELECTIONS · Chapter 2. ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY · Article 15. MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES

21-2-599. Punishment for misdemeanors under chapter.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under this chapter shall be subject to any one or more of the following, in the discretion of the trial judge:

  2. (1)

    A fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00;#

  3. (2)

    A sentence of confinement in the county jail or other place of imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months; or#

  4. (3)

    A sentence of confinement in a county correctional institution or other appropriate institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections not to exceed 12 months.#

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.

History

Code 1933, § 34-1941, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 1053, § 11; Code 1981, § 21-2-598; Ga. L. 1985, p. 283, § 1; Code 1981, § 21-2-599, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1, effective January 1, 1999, redesignated former Code Section 21-2-598 as present Code Section 21-2-599.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t21-(v18)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V18, 2023 edition, page 636; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 0bbec62b36ec.