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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 42. PENAL INSTITUTIONS · Chapter 9. PARDONS AND PAROLES · Article 2. GRANTS OF PARDONS, PAROLES, AND OTHER RELIEF

42-9-56. Restriction on Governor’s powers.

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

  1. The Governor shall have no authority or power whatever over the granting of pardons or paroles.

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. 1943, p. 185, § 21; Ga. L. 1983, p. 500, § 7.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 1983, p. 500, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides as follows: “It is the intent of this Act to implement certain changes required by Article IV, Section II of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.”

Cross references

Imposition and review of death sentences generally, § 17-10-30 et seq.

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.

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

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