Georgia Code
Article 3 - Arson and Explosives
§ 16-7-63. Burning of Woodlands, Brush, Fields, or Other Lands; Arson of Lands; Destruction of or Damage to Material or Device Used in Detection or Suppression of Wildfires; Penalties for Violations

History. Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 824.; Code 1863, § 4473; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 233, § 2; Code 1868, § 4519; Code 1873, § 4609; Code 1882, § 4609; Penal Code 1895, § 698; Ga. L. 1898, p. 60, § 1; Penal Code 1910, § 748; Code 1933, § 26-7704; Code 1933, § 26-2214, enacted by Ga. L. 1949, p. 1118, § 8; Code 1933, § 26-3601, enacted by Ga. L. 1956, p. 737, § 8; Ga. L. 1971, p. 577, §§ 1, 2; Code 1981, § 16-7-63 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2008, p. 444, § 3/SB 400.
Cross references.
Further provisions regarding setting of fires in woods, grasslands, etc., §§ 12-6-21 , 12-6-90 , 12-6-91 .
Editor’s notes.
This Code section formerly pertained to criminal possession of explosives. The former Code section was based on Ga. L. 1967, p. 452, § 1; Code 1933, § 26-1404, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 324, § 1 and was repealed by Ga. L. 1996, p. 416, § 2, effective May 1, 1996. For present provisions as to bombs and explosives, see Code Section 16-7-80 et seq.

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