NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 640

HOUSE BILL 1225

 

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY G.S. 14-360, RELATING TO ANIMAL ABUSE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. Chapter 14, Article 47 is hereby amended by adding a new provision to read as follows:

"§ 14-363.2.  Confiscation. — Conviction of any offense contained in this Article may result in confiscation of cruelly treated animals belonging to the accused and it shall be proper for the court in its discretion to order a final determination of the custody of the confiscated animals."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of May, 1979.