NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 544

HOUSE BILL 658

 

 

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE PRACTICE OF FORTUNE TELLING OR CLAIRVOYANCE UNDER THE GUISE OF FAITH HEALING IN CHATHAM COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. G. S. 14-401.5, as amended, is hereby further amended by adding a new sentence, immediately following the first sentence, to read as follows:

"Such practice shall be unlawful regardless of whether or not it is carried on or engaged in under the guise of faith healing or otherwise."

Sec. 2. This Act shall apply only to Chatham County and Orange County.

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of May, 1961.