(a)        Any person who engages in a continuing criminal enterprise shall be punished as a Class C felon and in addition shall be subject to the forfeiture prescribed in subsection (b) of this section.

(b)        Any person who is convicted under subsection (a) of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise shall forfeit to the State of North Carolina:

(1)        The profits obtained by him in such enterprise, and

(2)        Any of his interest in, claim against, or property or contractual rights of any kind affording a source of influence over, such enterprise.

(c)        For purposes of this section, a person is engaged in a continuing criminal enterprise if:

(1)        He violates any provision of this Article, the punishment of which is a felony; and

(2)        Such violation is a part of a continuing series of violations of this Article;

a.         Which are undertaken by such person in concert with five or more other persons with respect to whom such person occupies a position of organizer, a supervisory position, or any other position of management; and

b.         From which such person obtains substantial income or resources.

(d)       Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 760, s. 5. (1971, s. 919, s. 1; 1979, c. 760, s. 5.)