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Article VI. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Article VI. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Section V. COURT OF APPEALS

Art. VI, Sec. V, Para. I. Composition of Court of Appeals; Chief Judge.

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  1. The Court of Appeals shall consist of not less than nine Judges who shall elect from among themselves a Chief Judge.

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.

Cross references

Court of Appeals generally, Ch. 3, T. 15.

Other notes

1976 Constitution.
Art. VI, Sec. II, Para. VIII.
ALR.
Laws governing judicial recusal or disqualification in state proceeding as violating federal or state constitution, 91 ALR5th 437.

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