NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1971 SESSION
CHAPTER 75
HOUSE BILL 235
AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 9-21(b) TO INCREASE FROM SIX TO NINE THE PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES ALLOWED THE STATE IN CAPITAL CASES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. G.S. 9-21(b) is amended by striking the word "six" in line 2 and inserting in lieu thereof the word "nine."
Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall become effective upon its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of March, 1971.