2022 Georgia Code
Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 3 - Regulation of Alcoholic Beverages Generally
Article 2 - Prohibited Acts
§ 3-3-25. Sale of or Furnishing Alcoholic Beverages to Prisoners or Inmates of Places of Confinement; Introduction or Possession of Alcoholic Beverages at Georgia War Veterans Home

Universal Citation:
GA Code § 3-3-25 (2022)
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  1. No person knowingly and intentionally shall:
    1. Offer for sale, sell, barter, exchange, give, provide, or furnish alcoholic beverages to any person confined in any jail, penal institution, correctional facility, or other lawful place of confinement; or
    2. Introduce or possess any alcoholic beverages in the buildings of the Georgia War Veterans Home operated for the use and care of disabled war veterans.
  2. Nothing contained in this Code section shall prevent or prohibit:
    1. The administration of alcohol by the staff of the institutions provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section to any prisoner, patient, or lawful inmate in strict compliance with the prescription of a licensed physician; or
    2. The staff members of the Georgia War Veterans Home who maintain their domicile on the grounds of such institution from possessing alcoholic beverages for their own consumption or for that of their families or persons invited to their homes, except patients or lawful inmates of such institution.
  3. No person shall knowingly allow any other person to violate this Code section.

History. Ga. L. 1874, p. 92, § 1; Ga. L. 1875, p. 328, § 1; Code 1882, § 1374a; Penal Code 1895, § 437; Penal Code 1910, § 437; Code 1933, § 58-607; Ga. L. 1977, p. 183, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 1247, § 1; Code 1933, § 5A-512, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1573, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 81, § 2/HB 85.

Cross references.

Restriction on sale of spirituous beverages at or near armories, camps, and other facilities of the organized militia or other place where the force is performing military duty, § 38-2-306 .

Furnishing of alcoholic beverages to inmates of correctional institutions, § 42-5-18 .

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