If any person shall organize a military company, or drill or parade under arms as a military body, except under the militia laws and regulations of the State, or shall exercise or attempt to exercise the power or authority of a military officer in this State, without holding a commission from the Governor, the person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-151
Organizing company without authority
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 543 F. Supp. 198 - Vietnamese Fishermen's Ass'n v. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1982)
Most recently applied in 543 F. Supp. 198 - Vietnamese Fishermen's Ass'n v. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (June 1982)
1893, c. 374, s. 38; Rev., s. 3538; C.S., s. 6894; 1975, c. 604, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, s. 937; 1994, Ex
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