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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 124
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1. As a matter of right when the appeal is from a judgment imposing a fine only.

2. As a matter of discretion in all other cases.

Approved March 7th, 1925.

CHAPTER 124

(H. B. No. 177—Starke and Carr.)

TIME OF COMMENCING CRIMINAL ACTIONS

An Act To Amend and Re-enact Section 10523 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for the Year 1913, Relating to the Time of Commencing Criminal Actions, and Providing Exceptions Therefor.

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

§ 1. Amendment.] That Section 10523 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for the year 1913, be amended and re-enacted to read as follows:

§ 10523. Time of Defendant's Absence.] If when the crime or public offense is committed, the defendant is out of the state, or if the defendant is in the state when the crime is committed and subsequently leaves the state, the information may be filed, or the indictment found, within the time herein limited, after his coming within the state, and no time during which the denfendant is not an inhabitant of, or usually resident within this state, is part of the limitation.

Approved March 7th, 1925.

CHAPTER 125

(H. B .No. 179-Starke and Carr.)

TIME FOR APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS

An Act To Amend and Re-enact Section 10994 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for the Year 1913, Relating to the Time for Appeal to the Supreme Court in Criminal Cases.

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

§ 1. That Section 10994 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for the year 1913 be amended and re-enacted to read as follows, to-wit:

§ 10994. Time For Appeal Limited.] An appeal from a judgment may be taken within six (6) months after its rendition and from an order within sixty (60) days after it is made.

Approved March 7th, 1925.