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9 <br /> M Sec. 38-5. - Enforcement and penalties. <br /> (a) <br /> Neither the sheriff nor any county official shall have any discretion to prohibit picketing that complies <br /> with the provision of sections 38-2 through 38-5. <br /> (b) <br /> Arbitrary or discriminatory enforcement of sections-38-2 through 38-5 is prohibited and is itself a <br /> violation of this article. <br /> (c) <br /> It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of sections 38-2 through 38-5. Any such <br /> violations shall be punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor with a fine not to exceed $500.00 in accordance <br /> with North Carolina Law. <br /> (d) <br /> This article shall in addition to the prescribed criminal penalties, and not in substitution thereof, be <br /> enforceable by the granting of immediate injunctive relief upon application by the sheriff or county <br /> attorney, showing a violation of this article any provision of sections 38-2 through 38-5. <br /> (Ord. of 1-7-2019(1); Ord. of 10-19-2020(1)) <br />