Applicability of Title 16

(a) The following provisions of Title 16 are expressly made applicable to financial institutions, their directors, officers, agents, and employees and persons or corporations having dealings with, supervision over, or other contact with financial institutions: (1) Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 16, relating to damage to property; (2) Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 16, relating to arson and related offenses; (3) Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 16, relating to burglary and related offenses; (4) Chapter 9 of Title 16, relating to deceptive practices; (5) Chapter 8 of Title 16, relating to theft, including robbery; (6) Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 16, relating to abuse of government office; and (7) Article 4 of Chapter 10 of Title 16, relating to perjury and other falsifications. (b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be construed to indicate that the designated chapters of Title 16 were not applicable to the enumerated financial institutions, persons, or corporations prior to April 1, 1975, or that other provisions of Title 16 are not, in appropriate circumstances, also applicable to the enumerated financial institutions, persons, or corporations. Amended by 2016 Ga. Laws 450,§ 7-19, eff. 7/1/2016.