GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 1755
Senate Judiciary I Committee Substitute Adopted 6/22/94

Short Title:  Outlaw Fortune Telling.	(Public)
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May 26, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE COUNTIES IN WHICH IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO PRACTICE PHRENOLOGY, PALMISTRY, FORTUNE TELLING, CLAIRVOYANCE, AND OTHER SIMILAR CRAFTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 14-401.5 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-401.5.  Practice of phrenology, palmistry, fortune-telling or clairvoyance prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to practice the arts of phrenology, palmistry, clairvoyance, fortune telling and other crafts of a similar kind in the counties named herein.  Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
This section shall not prohibit the amateur practice of phrenology, palmistry, fortune-telling or clairvoyance in connection with school or church socials, provided such socials are held in school or church buildings.
Provided that the provisions of this section shall apply only to the Counties of Alexander, Ashe, Avery, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Chatham, Chowan, Clay, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Durham, Franklin, Graham, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hoke, Iredell, Johnston, Lee, Lenoir, Madison, Martin, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Onslow, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Person, Polk, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Surry, Transylvania, Union, Wake and Wayne."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1994, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.