Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person violating this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense. For the second or any subsequent offense, any person violating this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in Code Section 17-10-4. Each such violation shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ga. L. 1955, p. 564, § 21; Ga. L. 2002, p. 856, § 4.)
Code Commission notes.- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2002, a comma was deleted following "nature" in the last sentence.