GEORGIA STATUTES AND CODES
               		§ 17-1-2 - Maintenance of penal actions
               		
               		
               	 	
               	 	               	 	
               	 	
               	 	
               	 		
O.C.G.A.    17-1-2   (2010)
   17-1-2.    Maintenance of penal actions 
      A  "penal action" is an action allowed in pursuance of public justice  under particular laws. If no special officer is authorized to be the  plaintiff therein, the state, the Governor, the Attorney General, or the  prosecuting attorney may be the plaintiff.
               	 	
               	 	
               	 	               	 	
               	 	               	 	               	  
               	 
               	 
               	 
               	 
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