GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION
CHAPTER 742
AN ACT TO MODIFY THE DEFENSE TO RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENSES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 14-27.8 is rewritten to read:
"§ 14-27.8. Defense that victim is spouse of person committing act.-A person may not be prosecuted under this Article if the victim is the person's legal spouse at the time of the commission of the alleged rape or sexual offense unless the parties are living separate and apart."
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective October 1, 1987.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 7th of August, 1987.