GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 175

HOUSE BILL 146

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY AGE LIMITS SET BY VARIOUS CRIMINAL STATUTES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 14-12.7 is amended by deleting the phrase "over 16" and substituting the phrase "at least 16".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 14-12.9 is amended by deleting the phrase "over 16" and substituting the phrase "at least 16".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 14-12.10 is amended by deleting the phrase "over 16" and substituting the phrase "at least 16".

Sec. 4.  G.S. 14-27.2(a)(1) is rewritten to read:

"(1)      With a victim who is a child under the age of 13 years and the defendant is at least 12 years old and is at least four years older than the victim; or".

Sec. 5.  G.S. 14-27.4(a)(1) is rewritten to read:

"(1)      With a victim who is a child under the age of 13 years and the defendant is at least 12 years old and is at least four years older than the victim; or".

Sec. 6.  G.S. 14-33(b)(2) is rewritten to read:

"(2)      Assaults a female, he being a male person at least 18 years of age; or".

Sec. 7.  G.S. 14-190.8 is amended by deleting the catch line and substituting:  "Dissemination to minors under the age of 13 years." and by deleting the phrase "12 years of age or younger" and substituting the phrase "under the age of 13 years".

Sec. 8.  G.S. 14-316.1 is amended by deleting the phrase "over 16 years of age" and substituting "who is at least 16 years old".

Sec. 9.  G.S. 14-318 is amended by deleting the phrase "of the age of seven years or less" and substituting the phrase "under the age of eight years".

Sec. 10.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of April, 1983.