Título 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Capítulo 10. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION · Artículo 1. ABUSE OF GOVERNMENTAL OFFICE
16-10-1. Violation of oath by public officer.
Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.
- (a)
Any public officer who willfully and intentionally violates the terms of his or her oath as prescribed by law shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.#
- (b)
Any peace officer, as such term is defined in Code Section 35-8-2, who has sworn the oath or oaths prescribed in Code Sections 15-16-4 and 45-3-7 shall be subject to prosecution under this Code section only for violations of such oath or oaths as prescribed.#
- (c)
No individual shall be subject to prosecution for violation of his or her oath of office under this Code section, except where such violation is predicated upon the commission of a felony or a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.#
History
Code 1933, § 26-2302, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 2025, p. 497, § 4/HB 582, effective July 1, 2025.
Amendments
The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a) and added subsections (b) and (c).
Editor's notes
Ga. L. 2025, p. 497, § 1/HB 582, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Georgia Survivor Justice Act.’”
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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Texto leído de t16-ch7-11-(v14a)-pdf.pdf, Volumen V14A, edición 2018, suplemento de 2025, páginas 64 a 65; acción de fusión: replaced; SHA-256 del archivo 9c8d97e7499f.