Georgia CommonsTitle 42. PENAL INSTITUTIONS · Chapter 5. CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF STATE AND COUNTIES · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
42-5-15. Crossing of guard lines with weapons, intoxicants, or drugs without consent of warden or superintendent.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
- (a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to come inside the guard lines established at any state or county correctional institution with a gun, pistol, or any other weapon or with or under the influence of any intoxicating liquor, amphetamines, biphetamines, or any other hallucinogenic or other drugs, without the knowledge or consent of the warden, superintendent, or his or her designated representative.#
- (b)
Any person who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than four years.#
History
Ga. L. 1903, p. 71, § 1; Penal Code 1910, § 1232; Code 1933, § 77-404; Ga. L. 1961, p. 45, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, p. 220, § 1; Ga. L. 2017, p. 673, § 3-2/SB 149.
Administrative rules and regulations
Departmental Operations, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Board of Corrections, Chapter 125-2. Institutional and Center Operations, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Board of Corrections, Chapter 125-3.
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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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