Código Oficial de Georgia Anotado

Título 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Capítulo 3. DEFENSES TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS · Artículo 2. JUSTIFICATION AND EXCUSE

16-3-22. Immunity from criminal liability of persons rendering assistance to law enforcement officers.

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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 person who renders assistance reasonably and in good faith to any law enforcement officer who is being hindered in the performance of his official duties or whose life is being endangered by the conduct of any other person or persons while performing his official duties shall be immune to the same extent as the law enforcement officer from any criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of rendering assistance to the law enforcement officer.#
(b)
The official report of the law enforcement agency shall create a rebuttable presumption of good faith and reasonableness on the part of the person who assists the law enforcement officer.#
(c)
The purpose of this Code section is to provide for those persons who act in good faith to assist law enforcement officers whose health and safety is being adversely affected and threatened by the conduct of any other person or persons. This Code section shall be liberally construed so as to carry out the purposes thereof.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

Code 1933, § 27-219, enacted by Ga. L. 1967, p. 745, §§ 1, 2.

Exercise of power of arrest by private persons generally, § 17-4-60 et seq.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t16-ch1-6-(v14)-2019-pdf.pdf, Volumen V14, edición 2019, página 311; acción de fusión: carried; SHA-256 del archivo 7e331f0ca7d3.