Code Sections 14-5-46 through 14-5-48 shall be so construed as to apply to all societies whether social, charitable, secret, or masonic or by whatever name they may be called; and all criminal laws for the protection of religious societies shall be so construed as to apply to all societies by whatever name they may be called.
(Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 272, § 1; Code 1873, § 2346; Code 1882, § 2346; Civil Code 1895, § 2356; Civil Code 1910, § 2829; Code 1933, § 22-412; Code 1933, § 22-5510, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1.)