If any officer shall directly or indirectly demand or retain as a commission any part of the compensation allowed by law to publishers for publishing legal advertisements, he shall be guilty of extortion as defined in Code Section 45-11-5 and shall be punished as provided in that Code section.
(Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 81, § 14; Code 1882, § 3704d; Penal Code 1895, § 304; Penal Code 1910, § 308; Code 1933, § 89-9912.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 31A Am. Jur. 2d, Extortion, Blackmail, and Threats, § 6 et seq.
C.J.S.- 35 C.J.S., Extortion, §§ 5, 12.
ALR.- Construction and application of § 2C1.1 of United States Sentencing Guidelines (18 USCS APPX § 2C1.1) pertaining to offenses involving public officials offering, giving, soliciting, or receiving bribes, or extortion under color of official right, 144 A.L.R. Fed. 615.