Penalty for violations of Code Sections 10-1-424 and 10-1-425; good faith exceptions

Any person, firm, association, or corporation violating any of the provisions of Code Section 10-1-424, 10-1-424.1, or 10-1-425 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Nothing in Code Section 10-1-424, 10-1-424.1, or 10-1-425 or this Code section shall apply to any visual or sound broadcasting station or to any publisher or printer of a newspaper, magazine, or other form of online or printed advertising who broadcasts, telecasts, publishes, or prints such advertisement in good faith without knowledge of its false or fraudulent character. History. Ga. L. 1962, p. 129, § 3; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 10; Ga. L. 2023, p. 248, § 2-3/SB 74, effective May 1, 2023. Amendments. The 2023 amendment, effective May 1, 2023, substituted “Code Section 10-1424, 10-1-424.1, or 10-1-425” for “Code Sections 10-1-424 and 10-1-425” in the first sentence, inserted “, 10-1-424.1,” following “Code Section 10-1-424” and inserted “online or” following “other form of” in the second sentence. See Editor’s notes for applicability.