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2014 Georgia Code
Title 17 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 17-1-2 - Maintenance of penal actions
GA Code § 17-1-2 (2014) What's This?
A "penal action" is an action allowed in pursuance of public justice under particular laws. If no special officer is authorized to be the plaintiff therein, the state, the Governor, the Attorney General, or the prosecuting attorney may be the plaintiff.
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