NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 82

SENATE BILL 39

 

 

AN ACT TO REMOVE THE EXEMPTION OF WOMEN AND SUNDAY ARREST FROM G.S. 1‑410 RELATING TO ARREST AND BAIL.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 1‑410(5), as the same appears in Recompiled Volume 1‑A of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is hereby amended by striking lines three and four thereof reading as follows:

"No woman shall be arrested in any action except for a willful injury to person, character or property, and no person shall be arrested on Sunday."

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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act does not apply to pending litigation.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall become effective October 1, 1961.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of March, 1961.