NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 770

SENATE BILL 821

AN ACT TO INCLUDE A CITATION WITH OTHER PLEADINGS THAT MAY BE AMENDED WHEN THE AMENDMENT DOES NOT CHANGE THE NATURE OF THE OFFENSE CHARGED.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 15A-922(f) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(f)       Amendment of Pleadings Prior to or After Final Judgment. A statement of charges, criminal summons, warrant for arrest, citation, or magistrate's order may be amended at any time prior to or after final judgment when the amendment does not change the nature of the offense charged."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1979.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of June, 1979.