It shall be unlawful to use an emergency exit door after having violated Code Section 16-8-14. Any person convicted of violating this Code section shall be guilty of and punished as for a misdemeanor.
(Code 1981, §16-11-40, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 342, § 1/HB 890.)
Editor's notes.- This Code section formerly pertained to criminal defamation. The former Code section was based on Laws 1833, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 812; Code 1863, § 4407; Code 1868, § 4448; Code 1873, § 4521; Code 1882, § 4521; Penal Code 1895, § 335; Penal Code 1910, § 340; Code 1933, § 26-2101; Code 1933, § 26-2804, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1 and was repealed by Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 3-1/HB 252, effective July 1, 2015.
Law reviews.- For annual survey on criminal law, see 70 Mercer L. Rev. 63 (2018).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Fingerprinting not required.
- Offenses arising from a violation of O.C.G.A. § 16-11-40 do not, at this time, appear to be offenses for which fingerprinting is required. 2018 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 18-3.