{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-5b-6","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 10-5B-6","heading":"Criminal and civil penalties; right to punish under other laws not limited.","body":"(a) Any person who shall willfully violate any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as described under subparagraph (a)(5)(A) of Code Section 16-8-12.\n(b) Any person who suffers injury or damages as a result of a violation of this chapter may bring an action and may recover under Code Section 10-1-399, relating to private rights of action.\n(c) Any person who intentionally targets an elder or disabled person, as defined in Article 31 of Chapter 1 of this title, in a violation of this chapter shall be subject to double the applicable civil and criminal penalties for such violation or offense.\n(d) Nothing in this chapter shall limit any statutory or common-law right of the state to punish any person for violation of any law.","path":["TITLE 10 Commerce and Trade","CHAPTER 5B Deceptive, Fraudulent, or Abusive Telemarketing"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.10.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"efda655d19e534f9186cff18154ae7ebfb8118e64841a02bfef7d2a421942900","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-5b-5","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-5b-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}