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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-5-2. No interference by equity in administration of criminal laws.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-5-2. No interference by equity in administration of criminal laws.

Equity will take no part in the administration of the criminal law. It will neither aid criminal courts in the exercise of their jurisdiction, nor will it restrain or obstruct them.

## History

Civil Code 1895, § 4914; Civil Code 1910, § 5491; Code 1933, § 55-102.

## History of Section.

The language of this Code section is derived in part from the decision in Pope v. Mayor of Savannah, 74 Ga. 365 (1884).