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title: O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1097. Unlawful detention.
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# O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1097. Unlawful detention.

Any person subject to this article who, except as provided by law or regulation, apprehends, arrests, or confines any person shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

## History

Code 1981, § 38-2-1097, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 753, § 1/HB 98.

## U.s. Code.

For similar provision in Uniform Code of Military Justice, see 10 U.S.C. § 897.