2025 Georgia Codes – Page 131

A person commits the offense of subornation of perjury or false swearing when he procures or induces anoth-
er to commit the offense of perjury or the offense of false swearing and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten
years, or both.

Any person except an attorney of record who shall acknowledge or cause to be acknowledged, in any of the
courts of the state or before any authorized officer, any recognizance, bail, or judgment in the name of any
person not privy or consenting thereto commits the offense of impersonating in a legal proceeding and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for not less
than one nor more than five years, or both.

(a) A person commits the offense of compounding a crime when, after institution of criminal proceedings
and without leave of the court or of the prosecuting attorney of the court where the criminal proceedings are
pending, he accepts or agrees to accept any benefit in consideration of a promise, express or implied, not to
prosecute or aid in the prosecution of a criminal offense.
(b) A person convicted of the offense of compounding a crime which is a felony shall be punished by a fine
of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years, or both. A
person convicted of the offense of compounding a crime which is a misdemeanor is guilty of a misdemeanor.