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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-4-22. Effect of official act before bond approved and filed.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-4-22. Effect of official act before bond approved and filed.

(a) No public officer required by law to give bond shall perform any official act before his bond is approved and filed as required.

(b) Any such public officer who shall perform any official act before his bond is approved and filed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 150; Code 1868, § 145; Code 1873, § 156; Code 1882, § 156; Ga. L. 1895, p. 63, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 252; Penal Code 1895, § 272; Civil Code 1910, § 287; Penal Code 1910, § 275; Code 1933, §§ 89-410, 89-9902.