Georgia Code, Title 16, Chapter 5, Article 2 - Assault and Battery

• § 16-5-20 - Simple Assault
  (a) A person commits the offense of simple assault when he or she either: (1) Attempts to commit a violent injury to the person...
• § 16-5-21 - Aggravated Assault
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "strangulation" means impeding the normal breathing or circulation of blood of another person by applying...
• § 16-5-22 - Conviction of Assault With Intent to Commit a Crime If Intended Crime Actually Committed
  A person may be convicted of the offense of assault with intent to commit a crime if the crime intended was actually committed as...
• § 16-5-23 - Simple Battery
  (a) A person commits the offense of simple battery when he or she either: (1) Intentionally makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking...
• § 16-5-23.1 - Battery
  (a) A person commits the offense of battery when he or she intentionally causes substantial physical harm or visible bodily harm to another.(b) As...
• § 16-5-24 - Aggravated Battery
  (a) A person commits the offense of aggravated battery when he or she maliciously causes bodily harm to another by depriving him or her...
• § 16-5-25 - Opprobrious or Abusive Language As Justification for Simple Assault or Simple Battery
  A person charged with the offense of simple assault or simple battery may introduce in evidence any opprobrious or abusive language used by the...
• § 16-5-26 - Publication of Second or Subsequent Conviction of Simple Assault, Simple Battery, or Battery; Cost of Publication; Good Faith Publications Immune From Liability
  (a) The clerk of the court in which a person is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of Code Section 16-5-20 and is...
• § 16-5-27 - Female Genital Mutilation
  (a) Any person: (1) Who knowingly circumcises, excises, or infibulates, in whole or in part, the labia majora, labia minora, or clitoris of a...
• § 16-5-28 - Assault on an Unborn Child
  (a) For the purposes of this Code section, the term "unborn child" means a member of the species homo sapiens at any stage of...
• § 16-5-29 - Battery of an Unborn Child
  (a) For the purposes of this Code section, the term "unborn child" means a member of the species homo sapiens at any stage of...

Last modified: October 14, 2016