NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 235
SENATE BILL 184

AN ACT RELATING TO THE PENALTY FOR SAFE CRACKING OR ATTEMPTED SAFE CRACKING SO AS TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PENALTIES THEREFOR.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 14-89.1 is rewritten to read as follows: "Any person who shall, by the use of explosives, drills, or tools, unlawfully force open or attempt to force open or 'pick' the combination of a safe or vault used for storing money or other valuables, shall, upon conviction thereof, receive a sentence, in the discretion of the trial judge, of not less than two years nor more than 30 years' imprisonment in the State penitentiary."
Sec. 2.  This act shall apply to all offenses committed after its ratification and shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of April, 1973.