GroundRules
O.C.G.A. § 42-5-39: Refusal by officer to receive inmates in correctional institution.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 42 Penal Institutions
- CHAPTER 5 Correctional Institutions of State and Counties
- Article 2 Wardens, Superintendents, and Other Personnel
If the superintendent or warden of a state or county correctional institution or other officer or person employed therein whose duty it is to receive inmates fails or refuses to do so, he shall be punished by confinement not exceeding ten years and shall be dismissed from office.
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