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Title 42. PENAL INSTITUTIONS · Chapter 5. CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF STATE AND COUNTIES · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

42-5-17. Loitering near inmates after being ordered to desist.

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

  1. It shall be unlawful for any person to loaf, linger, or stand around where inmates are employed or kept after having been ordered by the warden, superintendent, or designated representative in charge of the inmates to desist therefrom.

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. 1903, p. 71, § 5; Penal Code 1910, § 1234; Code 1933, § 77-406; Ga. L. 1961, p. 45, § 1.

Cross references

Prohibition against solicitation of business by professional bondsmen at places where prisoners are confined, § 17-6-52.

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Text read from t41-t42-(v29a)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V29A, 2023 edition, page 278; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 1e701a9ff15b.