Georgia Code
Part 3 - Sale or Distribution of Harmful Materials to Minors
§ 16-12-103. Selling, Loaning, Distributing, or Exhibiting; Duties of Video Game Retailers

History. Code 1981, §§ 16-12-103 , 16-12-104 , enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1437, § 2; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 16; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1495, § 3; Ga. L. 1996, p. 273, § 2; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1261, § 1/SB 106.
Editor’s notes.
The provisions of the subsection (b) added by the second 1984 amendment were derived in great part from the provisions of former Code Section 16-12-104. See Editor’s notes to that Code section.
Ga. L. 1996, p. 273, § 3, not codified by the General Assembly, provides for severability.
Law reviews.
For review of 1996 offenses against public health and morals legislation, see 13 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 116 (1996).
For article on 2005 amendment of this Code section, see 22 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 57 (2005).
For note, “Balancing the First Amendment and Child Protection Goals in Legal Approaches to Restricting Children’s Access to Violent Video Games: A Comparison of Germany and the United States,” see 34 Ga. J. Int’l & Comp. L. 743 (2006).
For article, “ ‘Sexting’ to Minors in a Rapidly Evolving Digital Age: Frix v. State Establishes the Applicability of Georgia’s Obscenity Statutes to Text Messages,” see 61 Mercer L. Rev. 1283 (2010).

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