NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1128

SENATE BILL 831

AN ACT MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE BY VIOLATING LAWFUL ORDERS OF ANY COURT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Article 30 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new section at the end thereof, to be designated as G.S. 14-227A, and to read as follows:

"G.S. 14-227A.  Violating orders of court. Any person who shall wilfully disobey or violate any injunction, restraining order, or any order lawfully issued by any court for the purpose of maintaining or restoring public safety and public order, or to afford protection for lives or property during times of a public crisis, disaster, riot, catastrophe, or when such condition is imminent, or for the purpose of preventing and abating disorderly conduct as defined in G.S. 14-288.4 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) or imprisoned for not more than thirty (30) days, or both, in the discretion of the court. This Section shall not in any manner affect the court's power to punish for contempt."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 30th day of June, 1969.