History. Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 782; Code 1863, § 4212; Code 1868, § 4247; Code 1873, § 4313; Code 1882, §§ 4313, 5019; Penal Code 1895, §§ 51, 52, 53; Penal Code 1910, §§ 51, 52, 53; Code 1933, §§ 26-801, 26-802, 26-803; Code 1933, § 26-2201, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 16.
Cross references.
Treason generally, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. XIX.
Time limitation on prosecutions for crimes punishable by death or life imprisonment, § 17-3-1 .