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2025 Code of Georgia
Title 39 - Minors (Chs. 1 — 6)
Chapter 2 - Regulation of Employment of Minors (§§ 39-2-1 — 39-2-21)
§ 39-2-3. Hours of work

Universal Citation:
GA Code § 39-2-3 (2025)
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no minor under 16 years of age shall be permitted to work for any person, firm, or corporation between the hours of 9:00 P. M. and 6:00 A. M.

History

Ga. L. 1925, p. 291, § 2; Code 1933, § 54-302; Ga. L. 1946, p. 67, § 3.

Annotations

Opinion Notes

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Married minors not exempt. —

Fifteen-year-old married minors are not exempt from the prohibitions relating to hours of work in conjunction with school attendance contained in O.C.G.A. §§ 39-2-3 and 39-2-4, although local boards of education may excuse such minors from school attendance on an individual basis if in accordance with the policies and regulations of the State Board of Education. 1986 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 86-5.

Research References & Practice Aids

Law reviews.

For article recommending more consistency in age requirements of laws pertaining to the welfare of minors, see 6 Ga. St. B.J. 189 (1969).

Hierarchy Notes:

O.C.G.A. Title 39

O.C.G.A. Title 39, Ch. 2

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