It shall be unlawful for any subversive organization or foreign subversive organization to exist or function in this state. Any organization which by a court of competent jurisdiction is found to have violated this Code section shall be dissolved and, if it is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of this state, a finding by a court of competent jurisdiction that it has violated this Code section shall constitute legal cause for revocation of its charter and its charter shall be revoked. All funds, books, records, and files of every kind and all other property of any organization found to have violated this Code section shall be seized by and for this state, the funds to be deposited in the state treasury and the books, records, files, and other property to be turned over to the Attorney General.
(Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 216, § 5; Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 2-11/HB 233.)
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 4-1/HB 233, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015, and shall apply to seizures of property for forfeiture that occur on or after that date. Any such seizure that occurs before July 1, 2015, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such seizure."
Law reviews.- For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2015).
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- Validity of legislation directed against political, social, or industrial propaganda deemed to be of a dangerous tendency, 20 A.L.R. 1535; 73 A.L.R. 1494.