2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes Article 9 - Hazing.

Article 9.

Hazing.

§ 14‑35.  Hazing; definition and punishment.

It is unlawful for any student in attendance at any university, college, or school in this State to engage in hazing, or to aid or abet any other student in the commission of this offense. For the purposes of this section hazing is defined as follows: "to subject another student to physical injury as part of an initiation, or as a prerequisite to membership, into any organized school group, including any society, athletic team, fraternity or sorority, or other similar group." Any violation of this section shall constitute a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1913, c. 169, ss. 1, 2, 3, 4; C.S., s. 4217; 1969, c. 1224, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 19; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2003‑299, s. 1.)

 

§ 14‑36: Repealed by Session Laws 2003‑299, § 2, effective December 1, 2003, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date.

 

§ 14‑37.  Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 7, s. 1.

 

§ 14‑38.  Witnesses in hazing trials; no indictment to be founded on self‑criminating testimony.

In all trials for the offense of hazing any student or other person subpoenaed as a witness in behalf of the State shall be required to testify if called upon to do so: Provided, however, that no student or other person so testifying shall be amenable or subject to indictment on account of, or by reason of, such testimony. (1913, c. 169, s. 8; C.S., s. 4220.)