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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3)
Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154)
Article 4 - UNIFORM ACT TO SECURE THE ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES FROM WITHOUT THE STATE (§§ 24-13-90 — 24-13-97)
Section 24-13-91 - Definitions
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GA Code § 24-13-91 (2023)
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As used in this article, the term:
- (1) "Penal institution" means a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction, or other place of penal detention.
- (2) "State" means any state or territory of the United States and the District of Columbia.
- (3) "Summons" means a subpoena, order, or other notice requiring the appearance of a witness.
- (4) "Witness" means a person whose testimony is desired in any proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in a criminal prosecution or proceeding held by the prosecution or the defense, including a person who is confined in a penal institution in any state.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
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