NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 621
HOUSE BILL 799

AN ACT TO PRESCRIBE THE PUNISHMENT FOR THE VIOLATION OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL STATUTES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Amend G.S. 20-107 by substituting a "comma" for the "period" at the end of subsection (a) and at the end of subsection (b) and by adding the following at the end of each subsection:
"and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the court."
Sec. 2.  Amend G.S. 20-108 by substituting a "comma" for the "period" at the end of said Section and by adding the following immediately thereafter:
"and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the court."
Sec. 3.  Amend G.S. 20-109 by adding the following at the end of said Section:
"It shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the provisions of this Section, and upon conviction said person shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the court."
Sec. 4.  Rewrite G.S. 14-177 to read as follows:
"G.S. 14-177.  Crime Against Nature. If any person shall commit the crime against nature, with mankind or beast, he shall be guilty of a felony, and shall be fined or imprisoned in the discretion of the court."
Sec. 5.  Amend G.S. 14-72 as same appears in the 1963 Cumulative Supplement by inserting a "period" in lieu of the "colon" in line 8, and by striking out the remainder of said sentence which reads as follows:
"Provided, that this Section shall not apply to horse stealing."
Sec. 6.  Amend G.S. 14-81 to read as follows:
"G.S. 14-81.  Larceny of Horses and Mules. If any person shall steal any horse, mare, gelding, or mule he shall be guilty of larceny and punished as provided by this Article for the crime of larceny."
Sec. 7.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 8.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of May, 1965.