NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1014

HOUSE BILL 1260

AN ACT TO REDUCE THE MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT FOR WORTHLESS CHECKS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

G.S. 14-107 is hereby amended by deleting the period following the word "misdemeanor" in line 17 thereof, and adding the following: "and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, or both, in the discretion of the court."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  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 23rd day of June, 1969.