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CHAPTER 116
CRIMES

CHAPTER 116

S. B. No. 75

(O'Brien and Duffy)

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND BATTERY; PUNISHMENT

AN ACT

To amend and reenact section 12-2610 of the North Dakota Revised Code of 1943, relating to the punishment of aggravated assault and battery.

Be It Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota:

§ 1. Amendment.) Section 12-2610 of the North Dakota Revised Code of 1913 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

12-2610. Aggravated Assault and Battery Defined; Punishment.) Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause, shall inflict grievous bodily harm upon another person, either

1. In the commission of an assault and battery upon such person with intent to do great bodily harm; or

2. In the commission of any act iminently dangerous to others, in disregard of human life or safety, although without any intent to injure any particular person,

is guilty of the crime of aggravated assault and battery and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail or in the penitentiary for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment

Approved February 27, 1951.