Georgia § 33-15-122 - Violation; penalties.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 33-15-122 — Violation; penalties., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 33-15-122. Violation; penalties.
Any person, officer, member, or examining physician of any society doing business under this chapter who shall knowingly or willfully make any false or fraudulent statement or representation in or relating to any application for membership or for the purpose of obtaining money from or a benefit in any society shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person who willfully makes a false or fraudulent statement in any verified report or declaration under oath required or authorized by this chapter or of any material fact or thing contained in a sworn statement concerning the death or disability of an insured for the purpose of procuring payment of a benefit named in the certificate shall be guilty of false swearing and shall be subject to the penalties therefor prescribed by Code Section 16-10-71. Any person who solicits membership for, or in any manner assists in procuring membership in, any society not licensed to do business in this state shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $200.00. Any person guilty of a willful violation of, or neglect or refusal to comply with, the provisions of this chapter for which a penalty is not otherwise prescribed shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not to exceed $200.00. (Code 1981, § 33-15-122 , enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1744, § 1.)
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