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title: O.C.G.A. § 42-6-24. Delivery of inmate mandatory when required by operation of agreement.
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# O.C.G.A. § 42-6-24. Delivery of inmate mandatory when required by operation of agreement.

It shall be lawful and mandatory upon the warden, superintendent, or other official in charge of a penal institution in this state to give over the person of any inmate thereof whenever so required by the operation of the Agreement on Detainers.

## History

Ga. L. 1972, p. 938, § 5; Ga. L. 1974, p. 390, § 1.