Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 248 - WHIPPING POST

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 155 OF THE REVISED CODE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE RELATING TO WHIPPING POST.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That Chapter 155 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware be and the same is hereby amended by adding immediately after 4836. Section 31, a new section to be known as 4836-A. Section 31-A.

4836-A. Section 31-A. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to bring or carry, or cause to be brough or carried at or near the whipping-post in any County in the State of Delaware any camera or picture-taking device.

Whosoever shall violate the provision of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of not less than Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars and not more than One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars at the discretion of the Court, and upon failure to pay such fine, together with the costs of the prosecution, to be imprisoned for a term of not less than three (3) months, and not more than six (6) months at the discretion of the Court.

Approved April 12, 1935.