NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 499

HOUSE BILL 447

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 97-94 RELATING TO THE REFUSAL OR NEGLECT OF EMPLOYER TO SECURE PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION UNDER THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 97-94, as the same appears in Replacement Volume 2C of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by adding a new subsection immediately following subsection (b), to be designated as subsection (c) and to read as follows:

"(c)       Any employer required to secure the payment of compensation under this Article who wilfully refuses or neglects to secure such compensation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, 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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 1963.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of May, 1963.