GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 545

SENATE BILL 420

 

AN ACT CREATING THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF FELONIOUS RESTRAINT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Article 10 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 14-43.3. Felonious restraint.-A person commits the offense of felonious restraint if he unlawfully restrains another person without that person's consent, or the consent of the person's parent or legal custodian if the person is less than 16 years old, and moves the person from the place of the initial restraint by transporting him in a motor vehicle or other conveyance. Violation of this section is a Class J felony. Felonious restraint is considered a lesser included offense of kidnapping."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1985, and shall apply to offenses committed on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1985.