NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 426
SENATE BILL 734

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 134-36(3) AND G.S. 153A-221.1 TO INCREASE PERIOD OF DETENTION OF JUVENILES WITHIN JURISDICTION OF DISTRICT COURT TO MAXIMUM OF FIVE DAYS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 134-36(3) as the same appears in the 1974 Supplement to Replacement Volume 3B of the General Statutes is hereby amended on line 2 by deleting the figures and word "72 hours" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "five calendar days".
Sec. 2.  G.S. 153A-221.1 as the same appears in the 1974 Supplement to Replacement Volume 3C of the General Statutes is hereby amended in paragraph three, line 2, by deleting the figures and word "72 hours" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "five calendar days".
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of May, 1975.