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O.C.G.A. § 51-7-46: Immunity of grand jurors from action for malicious prosecution; liability of person instigating presentment.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 51 Torts
- CHAPTER 7 False Arrest, False Imprisonment, Malicious Prosecution, and Abusive Litigation
- Article 3 Malicious Prosecution
(a) No member of a grand jury shall be subject to an action for malicious prosecution based upon a presentment made by the grand jury.
(b) If a presentment is made at the instigation of a third person, from malice on his part and without probable cause, he shall be liable to an action for malicious prosecution just as if he were named as prosecutor.
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