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title: O.C.G.A. § 36-16-5. Applicability of chapter.
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# O.C.G.A. § 36-16-5. Applicability of chapter.

This chapter shall not become operative in any county of this state until it has been adopted and recommended by a majority vote of two successive regular grand juries of the county.

## History

Ga. L. 1935, p. 383, § 5.