Insurrection

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Crimes and Offenses
  4. Offenses Against Public Order and Safety
  5. Treason and Other Subversive Activities
  6. General Provisions
  7. Insurrection

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  1. A person commits the offense of insurrection when he combines with others to overthrow or attempt to overthrow the representative and constitutional form of government of the state or any political subdivision thereof when the same is manifested by acts of violence.
  2. A person convicted of the offense of insurrection shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years. Insurrection shall be bailable only in the discretion of a judge of the superior court.

(Ga. L. 1866, p. 152, §§ 1, 3; Code 1868, §§ 4249, 4251; Ga. L. 1871-72, p. 19, § 1; Code 1873, §§ 4315, 4317; Code 1882, §§ 4315, 4317; Penal Code 1895, §§ 55, 57; Penal Code 1910, §§ 55, 57; Code 1933, §§ 26-901, 26-903; Code 1933, § 26-2202, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 868, § 1.)

Cross references.

- Mutiny and sedition by persons subject to Georgia Code of Military Justice, § 38-2-1094.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 44B Am. Jur. 2d, Insurrection, § 1 et seq. 70 Am. Jur. 2d, Sedition, Subversive Activities, and Treason, § 3 et seq.

ALR.

- Pretrial preventive detention by state court, 75 A.L.R.3d 956.


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