§ 1-8. General penalty.

Latest version.

Anyone violating or failing to comply with any provision of this Code or committing any act or omission to act declared to be a misdemeanor or unlawful, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, shall be punished by fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) or imprisonment and/or labor on public works not exceeding sixty (60) days, or both such fine and imprisonment and/or labor, in the discretion of the court.

(Code 1966, § 1-8)

State law reference

Maximum penalties that may be imposed by municipalities, O.C.G.A. §§ 36-35-6, 36-32-1; alternative sentences by municipal courts, O.C.G.A. § 36-32-5; additional penalties and bond in certain criminal and traffic cases, O.C.G.A. § 15-21-73; authority to impose community service as punishment, O.C.G.A. § 17-10-1.

Cross reference

Court, Ch. 9.

                    
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