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Title 41. NUISANCES · Chapter 3. PLACES USED FOR UNLAWFUL SEXUAL AND DRUG ACTIVITIES

41-3-12. Contempt proceedings; punishment for contempt of court.

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

  1. (a)

    In the event of the violation of any injunction granted under this chapter, the court may summarily try and punish the offender. The proceedings shall be commenced by filing with the clerk of the court an information, under oath, setting out the alleged facts constituting such violation, upon which the court or judge shall cause a warrant to be issued for the arrest of the offender. The trial may be had upon affidavits, or either party may demand the production and oral examination of witnesses.#

  2. (b)

    A party found guilty of violating the provisions of an injunction shall be punished as for contempt in the discretion of the judge.#

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. 1917, p. 177, § 4; Code 1933, § 72-308.

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Text read from t41-t42-(v29a)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V29A, 2023 edition, page 96; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 1e701a9ff15b.