Georgia Code
Article 2 - Justification and Excuse
§ 16-3-22.1. Persons Who Provide Assistance to Law Enforcement Officers or the Division of Family and Children Services When the Health and Safety of Children Are Adversely Affected and Threatened

History. Code 1981, § 16-3-22.1 , enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 773, § 1/HB 905.

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Georgia Code

Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses

Chapter 3 - Defenses to Criminal Prosecutions

Article 2 - Justification and Excuse

§ 16-3-20. Justification

§ 16-3-21. Use of Force in Defense of Self or Others; Evidence of Belief That Force Was Necessary in Murder or Manslaughter Prosecution

§ 16-3-22. Immunity From Criminal Liability of Persons Rendering Assistance to Law Enforcement Officers

§ 16-3-22.1. Persons Who Provide Assistance to Law Enforcement Officers or the Division of Family and Children Services When the Health and Safety of Children Are Adversely Affected and Threatened

§ 16-3-23. Use of Force in Defense of Habitation

§ 16-3-23.1. No Duty to Retreat Prior to Use of Force in Self-Defense

§ 16-3-24. Use of Force in Defense of Property Other Than a Habitation

§ 16-3-24.1. Habitation and Personal Property Defined

§ 16-3-24.2. Immunity From Prosecution; Exception

§ 16-3-25. Entrapment

§ 16-3-26. Coercion

§ 16-3-27. Benefit of Clergy

§ 16-3-28. Affirmative Defenses