Georgia Code
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 15-1-4. Extent of Contempt Power

History. Orig. Code 1863, § 4593; Code 1868, § 4614; Code 1873, § 4711; Code 1882, § 4711; Ga. L. 1892, p. 65, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 4046; Civil Code 1910, § 4643; Code 1933, § 24-105; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1156, § 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 590, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 649, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 734, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 5-1/HB 310.
Cross references.
Contempt generally, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. II, Para. IV.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1987, subsection (b), as enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1156, § 2, was redesignated as subsection (c).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, the (1) designation was deleted from subsection (c).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment by this Act shall apply to sentences entered on or after July 1, 2015.
Law reviews.
For comment on Atlanta Newspapers, Inc. v. State, 101 Ga. App. 105 , 113 S.E.2d 148 (1960), see 12 Mercer L. Rev. 284 (1960).
For comment on Renfroe v. State, 104 Ga. App. 362 , 121 S.E.2d 811 (1961), see 24 Ga. B. J. 544 (1962).
For article, “The Appellate Judiciary of Georgia and Contempt Out of Court,” see 2 Ga. L. Rev. 341 (1968).
For article discussing the validity of contempt of court sanctions based upon a party’s disobedience of an injunction constituting a void prior restraint of constitutionally-protected activity, see 7 Ga. L. Rev. 246 (1973).
For article, “Contempt of Court in Georgia,” see 23 Ga. St. B. J. 66 (1987).
For comment, “Civil Contempt and Child Sexual Abuse Allegations: A Modern Solomon’s Choice?,” see 40 Emory L. J. 203 (1991).
For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 231 (2015).
For article, “How Not to Get Thrown in Jail,” see 22 Ga. Bar. J. 17 (June 2017).