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# O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1143. Construction with the federal Uniform Code of Military Justice.

This article shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make it uniform, so far as practical, with the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Chapter 47 of Title 10 of the United States Code.

## History

Code 1981, § 38-2-1143, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 753, § 1/HB 98.