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# O.C.G.A. § 5-3-27. Amendments to cure defects.

No appeal shall be dismissed because of any defect in the notice of appeal, bond, or affidavit of indigence or because of the failure of the lower court, agency, or other tribunal to transmit the pleadings or other record; but the superior court shall at any time permit such amendments and enter such orders as may be necessary to cure the defect.

## History

Code 1933, § 6-115, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 738, § 5.