NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 296

SENATE BILL 370

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 15-47 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE CUSTODIAN OF A PRISON TO HAVE BAIL FIXED.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 15-47 is hereby amended by adding at the end of the first paragraph thereof the following: "In the event the arresting officer fails to have bail fixed as required by this Section, the custodian of the person arrested shall, have bail fixed in a reasonable sum, and take bail as authorized in G.S. 15-108.

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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 23rd day of April, 1969.