GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES |
Chapter 12. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS |
Article 7. SALE OR DISTRIBUTION TO, OR POSSESSION BY, MINORS OF CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO RELATED OBJECTS |
Section 16-12-170. Definitions
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- As used in this article, the term:
(1) "Cigar wraps" means individual cigar wrappers, known as wraps, blunt wraps, or roll your own cigar wraps, that consist in whole or in part of reconstituted tobacco leaf or flavored tobacco leaf.
(2) "Cigarettes" means any type of tobacco or tobacco product.
(3) "Community service" means a public service which a minor might appropriately be required to perform, as determined by the court, as punishment for certain offenses provided for in this article.
(4) "Minor" means any person who is under the age of 18 years.
(5) "Person" means any natural person or any firm, partnership, company, corporation, or other entity.
(6) "Proper identification" means any document issued by a governmental agency containing a description of the person, such person's photograph, or both, and giving such person's date of birth and includes, without being limited to, a passport, military identification card, driver's license, or an identification card authorized under Code Sections 40-5-100 through 40-5-104. "Proper identification" shall not include a birth certificate.
(7) "Tobacco related objects" means any papers, wrappers, or other products, devices, or substances, including cigar wraps, which are used for the purpose of making cigarettes or tobacco in any form whatsoever.
Code 1981, § 16-12-170, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 945, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 16; Ga. L. 1993, p. 343, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 795, § 1/HB 256.