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2010 Georgia Code

TITLE 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES

CHAPTER 12 - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS
ARTICLE 3 - OBSCENITY AND RELATED OFFENSES
PART 3 - SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF HARMFUL MATERIALS TO MINORS
§ 16-12-101 - Legislative purpose

O.C.G.A. 16-12-101 (2010)
16-12-101. Legislative purpose


The General Assembly finds that the sale, loan, and exhibition of harmful materials to minors has become a matter of increasingly grave concern to the people of this state. The elimination of such sales, loans, and exhibition and the consequent protection of minors from harmful materials are in the best interest of the morals and general welfare of the citizens of this state in general and of minors in this state in particular. The accomplishment of these ends can best be achieved by providing public prosecutors with an effective power to commence criminal proceedings against persons who engage in the sale, loan, or exhibition of harmful materials to minors.