1925 N.D. Laws 216-17
Abstract
Ch. 174, § 2: Committing Crime When Armed. If any person shall commit, or attempt to commit, a crime when armed with a pistol or revolver, and has no permit to carry the same, he may be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years, in addition to the punishment provided for the crime. Such imprisonment, if not exceeding one year, to be in the County jail, and if exceeding one year to be in the State Penitentiary.
Summary
This amendment modifies North Dakota's 1923 law to impose an additional sentence of up to ten years for individuals who commit or attempt a crime while armed with an unlicensed pistol or revolver. The penalty is served in county jail if one year or less, or in the state penitentiary if exceeding one year. Declared an emergency measure, the act takes immediate effect upon passage and approval.
Law Text
§ 1. AMENDMENT.] That Section 2, of Chapter 266 of the Session Laws of 1923 is hereby amended and re-enacted to read as follows:
§ 2. COMMITTING CRIME WHEN ARMED.] If any person shall commit, or attempt to commit, a crime when armed with a pistol or revolver, and has no permit to carry the same, he may be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years, in addition to the punishment provided for the crime. Such imprisonment, if not exceeding one year, to be in the County jail, and if exceeding one year to be in the State Penitentiary.
§ 3. EMERGENCY.] This Act is declared to be an Emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.
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COMMITTING CRIME W/ WEAPON