Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 9. CIVIL PRACTICE · Chapter 10. CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE GENERALLY · Article 7. CONTINUANCES

9-10-156. Grounds for continuance — Occupation of counsel as Attorney General in aid of General Assembly.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

When any case pending in the courts of this state in which the Attorney General is of counsel is scheduled to be called for any purpose during sessions of the General Assembly or during a period of 15 days preceding or following sessions of the General Assembly, on motion of the Attorney General or an assistant attorney general, it shall be a good ground for continuance that the Attorney General and his staff are occupied in aid of the business of the General Assembly.

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.

History

Ga. L. 1956, p. 700, § 1.

Cross references

Corresponding provision relating to criminal procedure, § 17-8-27.

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