Eligibility of subversive persons to hold office or position in government, § 16-11-12. Eligibility and qualifications of candidates for public office, §§ 21-2-5 through 21-2-8. Editor’s notes. — Ga. L. 1972, p. 193, § 10, not codified by the General Assem- bly, provided that it was the purpose of the Act to reduce the age of legal majority from 21 years to age 18 years of age so that all persons, upon reaching the age of 18 would have the rights, privileges, powers, duties, responsibilities, and liabilities, previously applicable to persons 21 years of age or over. The section further provided that the Act was not to be construed as having the effect of changing the provisions of any general law relative to the required age to qualify for holding public office.