NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 106

HOUSE BILL 206

 

 

AN ACT TO MAKE CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS TO G.S. 14-27.2 AND G.S. 14-27.4.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 14-27.2(a) is rewritten to read:

"(a)       A person is guilty of rape in the first degree if the person engages in vaginal intercourse:

(1)        with a victim who is a child of the age of 12 years or less and the defendant is of the age of 12 years or more and is four or more years older than the victim; or

(2)        with another person by force and against the will of the other person, and:

a.         employs or displays a dangerous or deadly weapon or an article which the other person reasonably believes to be a dangerous or deadly weapon; or

b.         inflicts serious personal injury upon the victim or another person; or

c.         the person commits the offense aided and abetted by one or more other persons."

Sec. 2. G.S. 14-27.2(b) is amended by deleting the words "the offense" and substituting in lieu thereof the words "an offense".

Sec. 3. G.S. 14-27.4(a) is rewritten to read:

"(a)       A person is guilty of a sexual offense in the first degree if the person engages in a sexual act:

(1)        with a victim who is a child of the age of 12 years or less and the defendant is of the age of 12 years or more and is four or more years older than the victim; or

(2)        with another person by force and against the will of the other person, and:

a.         employs or displays a dangerous or deadly weapon or an article which the other person reasonably believes to be a dangerous or deadly weapon; or

b.         inflicts serious personal injury upon the victim or another person; or

c.         the person commits the offense aided and abetted by one or more other persons."

Sec. 4. G.S. 14-27.4(b) is amended by deleting the words "the offense" and substituting in lieu thereof the words "an offense".

Sec. 5. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of March, 1981.