Magistrates may punish by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty days, or both, all breaches of the peace.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 43-64; 1952 Code Section 43-64; 1942 Code Section 924; 1932 Code Section 924; Cr. P. '22 Section 20; Cr. C. '12 Section 21; Cr. C. '02 Section 13; G. S. 824; R. S. 12; 1870 (14) 402; Const. Art. 5, Section 21; 1981 Act No. 76, Section 8; 1997 Act No. 80, Section 4; 2008 Act No. 346, Section 1, eff June 25, 2008; 2010 Act No. 273, Section 8, eff June 2, 2010.