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title: O.C.G.A. § 43-45-25. Penalty.
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# O.C.G.A. § 43-45-25. Penalty.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person violating this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense. For the second or any subsequent offense, any person violating this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in Code Section 17-10-4. Each such violation shall constitute a separate offense.

## History

Ga. L. 1955, p. 564, § 21; Ga. L. 2002, p. 856, § 4.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2002, a comma was deleted following ‘‘nature’’.