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Ga. Const. art. III, § IV, para. VIII

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Constitution of Georgia
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October 2026

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Contempts, how punished. Each house may punish by imprisonment, not extending beyond the session, any person not a member who shall be guilty of a contempt by any disorderly behavior in its presence or who shall rescue or attempt to rescue any person arrested by order of either house.

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