GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 316

SENATE BILL 301

 

AN ACT TO ADOPT THE USE OF THE CURRENT MANUAL FOR COURTS-MARTIAL.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 127A-51, as the same appears in the 1981 Replacement Volume of the General Statutes, is amended by striking the following date, punctuation, and words:  "1951, as amended from time to time" and substituting therefor "as shall be currently in use by the armed forces of the United States".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 127A-52, as the same appears in the 1981 Replacement Volume of the General Statutes, is amended by striking the following date, punctuation, and words:  "1951, as amended from time to time" and substituting therefor "as shall be currently in use by the armed forces of the United States".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 127A-53, as the same appears in the 1981 Replacement Volume of the General Statutes, is rewritten to read as follows:  "Trials and proceedings by all courts and boards shall be in accordance with the plans and procedures laid down in the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, as shall be currently in use by the armed forces of the United States, except as modified by this Chapter.

Sec. 4.  G.S. 127A-55, as the same appears in the 1981 Replacement Volume of the General Statutes, is amended by striking the following date, punctuation, and words:  "1951, as amended from time to time" and substituting therefor "as shall be currently in use by the armed forces of the United States".

Sec. 5.  G.S. 127A-56, as the same appears in the 1981 Replacement Volume of the General Statutes, is amended by striking the following date, punctuation, and words:  "1951, as amended from time to time" and substituting therefor "as shall be currently in use by the armed forces of the United States".

Sec. 6.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of May, 1983.