NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1045

HOUSE BILL 1259

AN ACT TO REDUCE THE PUNISHMENT FOR EACH OFFENSE OF NON-SUPPORT OF WIFE, CHILD, AND PARENTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 14-322 is hereby amended by deleting the semicolon following the word "misdemeanor" in line 5 thereof, and inserting the following: "and upon conviction for the first offense shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court; upon conviction of a second or subsequent offense he or she shall be punished by fine or by imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the court;"

Sec. 2.  G.S. 14-325 is hereby amended by deleting the period following the word "misdemeanor" in line 3 thereof and adding the following: "and upon conviction for the first offense shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court; upon a conviction of a second or subsequent offense he shall be punished by fine or by imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the court."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 14-326.1 is hereby amended by striking from line 7 thereof the following: "fined or imprisoned in the discretion of the court", and adding in lieu thereof: "punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court; upon conviction of a second or subsequent offense he or she shall be punished by fine or by imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the court."

Sec. 4.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of June, 1969.