Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 5. APPEAL AND ERROR · Chapter 6. CERTIORARI AND APPEALS TO APPELLATE COURTS GENERALLY · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

5-6-9. Transmittal of opinion to lower court generally.

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(a)
Where a further hearing of the case is to follow in the lower court, the clerk of the appellate court shall transmit a copy of the opinion to the clerk of the lower court, without charge, as soon as the opinion is written out. The copy shall remain on file for the information of the court and the parties.#
(b)
The appellate court, on rendering its decision in any case, shall instruct the clerk whether the case comes within the terms of this Code section; and a note of such instructions shall be entered on the minutes of the court.#

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.

Ga. L. 1887, p. 106, §§ 1, 2; Civil Code 1895, §§ 5595, 5596; Civil Code 1910, §§ 6214, 6215; Code 1933, §§ 6-1802, 6-1803; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 5.

Transmittal of remittitur, Rules of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, Rule 49.

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Text read from t4-6-(v4)-2013-pdf.pdf, Volume V4, 2013 edition, page 489; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 290d3a1d6843.