NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 301

SENATE BILL 191

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 7A-16 BY ADDING A NEW PARAGRAPH AT THE END THEREOF.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 7A-16 is amended by adding a new paragraph at the end thereof as follows:

"In the event the Chief Judge is unable, on account of absence or temporary incapacity, to perform the duties placed upon him as Chief Judge, the Chief Justice shall appoint an acting Chief Judge from the other judges of the Court, to temporarily discharge the duties of Chief Judge."

Sec. 2.  This act shall be effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of May, 1973.