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title: O.C.G.A. § 42-9-54. Effect of pardons upon civil and political disabilities; conditional pardons prohibited.
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# O.C.G.A. § 42-9-54. Effect of pardons upon civil and political disabilities; conditional pardons prohibited.

(a) All pardons shall relieve those pardoned from civil and political disabilities imposed because of their convictions.

(b) No conditional pardons shall be issued.

## History

Ga. L. 1943, p. 185, §§ 20, 26.

## Administrative Rules and Regulations

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.