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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 9. CIVIL PRACTICE · Chapter 9. ARBITRATION · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Part 2. INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION CODE

9-9-20. Short title; statement of purpose.

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

  1. (a)

    This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Georgia International Commercial Arbitration Code.”#

  2. (b)

    The purpose of this part is to encourage international commercial arbitration in this state, to enforce arbitration agreements and arbitration awards, to facilitate prompt and efficient arbitration proceedings consistent with this part, and to provide a conducive environment for international business and trade.#

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

Code 1981, § 9-9-20, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 961, § 1/SB 383.

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

Text read from t9-ch1-10-(v6)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V6, 2023 edition, pages 660 to 661; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 ea8a520ad52f.