§ 12-4. Construction of amended statute. - North Carolina Statutes

§12‑4.  Construction of amended statute.

Where a part of a statute isamended it is not to be considered as having been repealed and reenacted in theamended form; but the portions which are not altered are to be considered ashaving been the law since their enactment, and the new provisions as havingbeen enacted at the time of the amendment.

Whenever the General Assembly(i) enacts a bill which purports to amend an existing general statute bydeleting, adding, or substituting specific words or figures, and (ii) such billalso purports to set out the wording of the amended statute, or a portionthereof, as it will read after the amendment is accomplished, and (iii) thereis a variance between the latter and the former, then, in such case, the lattershall control and be presumed to express the amendatory intent of the GeneralAssembly. (1868‑9, c. 270, s. 22; 1870‑1, c. 111;Code, s. 3766; Rev., s. 2832; C.S., s. 3950; 1971, c. 115.)