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title: O.C.G.A. § 7-1-844. Other misdemeanors of directors, officers, agents, and employees of financial institutions.
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# O.C.G.A. § 7-1-844. Other misdemeanors of directors, officers, agents, and employees of financial institutions.

Any director, officer, agent, or employee of a financial institution who shall willfully violate or participate in the violation of any of the following provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor:

(1) Code Section 7-1-37, relating to restrictions on department officials and employees;

(2) Code Section 7-1-62, relating to accounting requirements to be followed by financial institutions;

(3) Code Section 7-1-285, relating to loan limits on banks;

(4) Code Section 7-1-291, relating to borrowing limits on banks;

(5) Code Section 7-1-311, relating to operations as a fiduciary by a trust company;

(6) Code Section 7-1-491, relating to limitations on financing to directors and officers of banks and trust companies;

(7) Code Section 7-1-492, relating to prohibitions applicable to directors, officers, employees, and attorneys of bank and trust companies in dealings with the institutions with which they are connected; or

(8) Code Section 7-1-658, relating to loan limits on credit unions.

## History

Ga. L. 1919, p. 135, art. 20, §§ 6, 21, 22, 23, 31; Code 1933, §§ 13-9906, 13-9922, 13-9930; Ga. L. 1966, p. 692, § 51; Code 1933, § 41A-9907, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 705, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 445, § 45.