Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 42. PENAL INSTITUTIONS · Chapter 9. PARDONS AND PAROLES · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

42-9-1. Declaration of legislative policy.

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In recognition of the doctrine contained in the Constitution of this state requiring the three branches of government to be separate, it is declared to be the policy of the General Assembly that the duties, powers, and functions of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles are executive in character and that, in the performance of its duties under this chapter, no other body is authorized to usurp or substitute its functions for the functions imposed by this chapter upon the board.

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. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 210, § 2; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 42.

Cross references

Composition and powers of State Board of Pardons and Paroles, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. IV, Sec. II, Paras. I, II.

Administrative rules and regulations

Parole Consideration, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of State Board of Pardons and Paroles, Rules, Rule 475-3-.05. Other Clemency, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of State Board of Pardons and Paroles, Rules, Rule 475-3-.10.

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