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title: O.C.G.A. § 48-11-21. Jurisdiction of superior courts of criminal violations of chapter.
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# O.C.G.A. § 48-11-21. Jurisdiction of superior courts of criminal violations of chapter.

The superior courts of this state shall have jurisdiction of offenses against this chapter which are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both.

## History

Ga. L. 1955, p. 268, § 23; Code 1933, § 91A-5522, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 2020, p. 257, § 2/SB 375.