Georgia § 45-3-15 - Proceeding for false swearing when loyalty oath violated.
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§ 45-3-15. Proceeding for false swearing when loyalty oath violated.
If any person required to do so by Code Sections 45-3-11 through 45-3-14 and this Code section executes a loyalty oath and subsequently it is proved that said individual has violated the oath, then the governing authority shall institute proceedings in the proper court against such person for false swearing. (Ga. L. 1949, p. 960, § 6; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45.) Law reviews. - For comment on Baggett v. Bullitt, 377 U.S. 360, 84 S. Ct. 1316 , 12 L. Ed. 2 d 377 (1964), see 2 Ga. St. B.J. 123 (1965).
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