Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Chapter 32. MUNICIPAL COURTS · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

36-32-5. Sentences and fines which may be imposed.

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All municipal courts having authority to try offenses against the laws of the municipal corporations in which such courts are located shall have the power and authority:
(1)
To impose fines upon persons convicted of such offenses, with the alternative of other punishment allowed by law, in the event that such fines are not paid;#
(2)
To sentence such person to community service work; or#
(3)
To impose a sentence consisting of any combination of the penalties provided for in this Code section.#

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

Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 153, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 712; Civil Code 1910, § 857; Code 1933, § 69-704; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1391, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 36.

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For annual survey of local government law, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 289 (1986).

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