Statutes > Georgia Statutes > TITLE 17 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE > CHAPTER 7 - PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS > ARTICLE 2 - COMMITMENT HEARINGS > § 17-7-22 - Powers of presiding officer in court of a municipal corporation to bind over or commit criminal offenders to jail

§ 17-7-22 - Powers of presiding officer in court of a municipal corporation to bind over or commit criminal offenders to jail

O.C.G.A. 17-7-22 (2010)
17-7-22. Powers of presiding officer in court of a municipal corporation to bind over or commit criminal offenders to jail


Any mayor, recorder, or other proper officer presiding in any court of a municipal corporation shall have authority to bind over or commit to jail offenders against any criminal law whenever, in the course of an investigation before such officer, a proper case therefor is made out by the evidence.