NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 602

HOUSE BILL 53

 

 

AN ACT TO MAKE FELONIES OF THE CRIMES OF PLACING A BURNING OR FLAMING CROSS ON THE PROPERTY OF ANOTHER, G.S. 14-12.12; PLACING AN EXHIBIT WITH THE INTENTION OF INTIMIDATING, ETC., ANOTHER, G.S. 14-12.13; AND PLACING AN EXHIBIT WHILE WEARING A MASK, HOOD OR OTHER DISGUISE, G.S. 14-12.14; AND TO INCREASE THE PUNISHMENT THEREFOR.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 14-12.15 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 14-12.15.  Punishment for Violation of Article. All persons violating any of the provisions of this Article, except for §§ 14-12. 12(b), 14-12.13, and 14-12.14, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined or imprisoned in the discretion of the court. All persons violating the provisions of §§ 14-12.12 (b), 14-12.13, and 14-12.14 shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by confinement in the State prison for not less than one nor more than five years."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be effective on and after the date of its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of May, 1967.