{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-5-43","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-5-43","heading":"Malicious confinement of sane person in an asylum.","body":"A person who maliciously causes the confinement of a sane person, knowing such person to be sane, in any asylum, public or private, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years.","path":["TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses","CHAPTER 5 Crimes Against the Person","Article 3 Kidnapping, False Imprisonment, and Related Offenses"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.16.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":"a4d45cf22f2df08d1dea0098c838b14c5f9b58202b1c67b6b37ae0d8cddae453","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-5-42","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-5-44"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}