NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 132

HOUSE BILL 162

 

 

AN ACT TO REWRITE G.S. 14-178, RELATING TO INCEST, SO AS TO INCLUDE THE RELATIONSHIPS OF PARENT AND STEPCHILD, AND PARENT AND LEGALLY ADOPTED CHILD, WITHIN THE COVERAGE OF THE SECTION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G. S. 14-178 is hereby amended by rewriting the Section in its entirety to read as follows:

"The parties shall be guilty of a felony in all cases of carnal intercourse between (1) grandparent and grandchild, (2) parent and child or stepchild or legally adopted child, or (3) brother and sister of the half or whole blood. Punishment for every such offense shall be by imprisonment in the State Prison for a term of not more than fifteen years, in the discretion of the court."

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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of March, 1965.