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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 42. PENAL INSTITUTIONS · Chapter 7. TREATMENT OF YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS

42-7-9. Construction of chapter.

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  1. (a)

    Nothing in this chapter shall limit or affect the power of any court to proceed in accordance with any other applicable provisions of law.#

  2. (b)

    Nothing in this chapter shall be construed in any way to amend, repeal, or affect the jurisdiction of the juvenile court system of this state.#

  3. (c)

    Nothing in this chapter shall be construed in any way to amend, repeal, or affect the jurisdiction of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles. A person sentenced under this chapter shall have his eligibility for parole computed in the same manner as other offenders sentenced to the jurisdiction of the department.#

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

Code 1981, § 42-7-9, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 420, § 1.

Cross references

Juvenile proceedings generally, § 15­11­1 et seq.

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