reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
SC Code § 16-15-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 15 - Offenses Against Morality And Decency|Section 16-15-90. Prostitution; lewdness, assignation and prostitution generally.

 It shall be unlawful to:  (1) Engage in prostitution;  (2) Aid or abet prostitution knowingly;  (3) Procure or solicit for the purpose of prostitution;  (4) Expose indecently the private person for the purpose of prostitution or other indecency;  (5) Reside in, enter or remain in any place, structure, building, vehicle, trailer or conveyance for the purpose of lewdness, assignation or prostitution;  (6) Keep or set up a house of ill fame, brothel or bawdyhouse;  (7) Receive any person for purposes of lewdness, assignation or prostitution into any vehicle, conveyance, trailer, place, structure or building;  (8) Permit any person to remain for the purpose of lewdness, assignation or prostitution in any vehicle, conveyance, trailer, place, structure or building;  (9) Direct, take or transport, offer or agree to take or transport or aid or assist in transporting any person to any vehicle, conveyance, trailer, place, structure or building or to any other person with knowledge or having reasonable cause to believe that the purpose of such directing, taking or transporting is prostitution, lewdness or assignation;  (10) Lease or rent or contract to lease or rent any vehicle, conveyance, trailer, place, structure or building or part thereof believing or having reasonable cause to believe that it is intended to be used for any of the purposes herein prohibited; or  (11) Aid, abet, or participate knowingly in the doing of any of the acts herein prohibited.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-409; 1952 Code Section 16-409; 1942 (42) 1734.
SC Code § 16-15-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 15 - Offenses Against Morality And Decency|Section 16-15-100. Prostitution; further unlawful acts.

 It shall further be unlawful to:  (1) Procure a female inmate for a house of prostitution;  (2) Cause, induce, persuade or encourage by promise, threat, violence or by any scheme or device a female to become a prostitute or to remain an inmate of a house of prostitution;  (3) Induce, persuade or encourage a female to come into or leave this State for the purpose of prostitution or to become an inmate in a house of prostitution;  (4) Receive or give or agree to receive or give any money or thing of value for procuring or attempting to procure any female to become a prostitute or an inmate in a house of prostitution;  (5) Accept or receive knowingly any money or other thing of value without consideration from a prostitute; or  (6) Aid, abet or participate knowingly in the doing of any of the acts herein prohibited.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-410; 1952 Code Section 16-410; 1942 (42) 1734.
SC Code § 16-15-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 15 - Offenses Against Morality And Decency|Section 16-15-110. Prostitution; violations.

 Any person violating any provision of Sections 16-15-90 and 16-15-100 must, upon conviction, be punished as follows:  (1) for the first offense, a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or confinement in prison for a period of not more than thirty days;  (2) for the second offense, a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment for not exceeding six months, or both;  (3) for the third or any subsequent offense, a fine not exceeding three thousand dollars or imprisonment for not less than one year, or both.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-411; 1952 Code Section 16-411; 1942 (42) 1734; 1979 Act No. 74; 1986 Act No. 534.
SC Code § 16-15-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 15 - Offenses Against Morality And Decency|Section 16-15-120. Buggery.

 Whoever shall commit the abominable crime of buggery, whether with mankind or with beast, shall, on conviction, be guilty of felony and shall be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for five years or shall pay a fine of not less than five hundred dollars, or both, at the discretion of the court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-412; 1952 Code Section 16-412; 1942 Code Section 1439; 1932 Code Section 1439; Cr. C. '22 Section 380; Cr. C. '12 Section 387; Cr. C. '02 Section 294; G. S. 2591; R. S. 254; 25 H. 8, c. 1 (2) 465.
SC Code § 16-15-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 15 - Offenses Against Morality And Decency|Section 16-15-130. Indecent exposure; breastfeeding.

 (A)(1) It is unlawful for a person to wilfully, maliciously, and indecently expose his person in a public place, on property of others, or to the view of any person on a street or highway.  (2) This subsection does not apply to a woman who breastfeeds her own child in a public place, on property of others, to the view of any person on a street or highway, or any other place where a woman and her child are authorized to be.  (B) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (A)(1) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-413; 1952 Code Section 16-413; 1942 Code Section 1442; 1932 Code Section 1442; Cr. C. '22 Section 383; Cr. C. '12 Section 390; 1906 (25) 84; 1965 (54) 577; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 180; 2006 Act No. 269, Section 2, eff May 2, 2006.
SC Code § 16-15-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 15 - Offenses Against Morality And Decency|Section 16-15-250. Communicating obscene messages to other persons without consent.

 It is unlawful for a person to anonymously write, print, telephone, transmit a digital electronic file, or by other manner or means communicate, send, or deliver to another person within this State, without that person's consent, any obscene, profane, indecent, vulgar, suggestive, or immoral message.  A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-552; 1952 Code Section 16-552; 1943 (43) 26; 1967 (55) 626; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 181; 2001 Act No. 81, Section 6.
SC Code § 16-15-315 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 15 - Offenses Against Morality And Decency|Section 16-15-315. Condition on certain sales for resale or on franchising rights that obscene material be received for resale prohibited; penalties.

 No person shall, as a condition to any sale, allocation, consignment, or delivery for resale of any paper, magazine, book, periodical, publication, digital electronic file require that the purchaser or consignee receive for resale any other article, book, publication, or digital electronic file which is obscene within the meaning of Section 16-15-305 nor shall any person deny or threaten to deny any franchise or impose or threaten to impose any penalty, financial or otherwise, by reason of the failure or refusal of any person to accept the articles, books, publications, or digital electronic files, or by reason of the return thereof. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than one thousand dollars, or both.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 168 Section 3, eff October 1, 1987; 2001 Act No. 81, Section 8.
SC Code § 16-15-325 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 15 - Offenses Against Morality And Decency|Section 16-15-325. Participation in preparation of obscene material prohibited; penalties.

 Any individual who knowingly:  (a) photographs himself or any other individual or animal for purposes of preparing an obscene film, photograph, negative, slide, videotapes, motion picture, or digital electronic files for the purpose of dissemination; or  (b) models, poses, acts, or otherwise assists in the preparation of any obscene film, photograph, negative, slide, videotapes, motion picture, or digital electronic files for the purpose of dissemination is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than one year and fined not more than one thousand dollars.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 168 Section 3; 2001 Act No. 81, Section 9.
SC Code § 16-15-335 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 15 - Offenses Against Morality And Decency|Section 16-15-335. Permitting minor to engage in any act constituting violation of this article prohibited; penalties.

 An individual eighteen years of age or older who, in any manner, knowingly hires, employs, uses, or permits a person under the age of eighteen years to do or assist in doing an act or thing constituting an offense pursuant to this article and involving any material, act, or thing he knows or reasonably should know to be obscene within the meaning of Section 16-15-305 is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than ten years.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 168 Section 3; 2004 Act No. 208, Section 3, eff April 26, 2004.
SC Code § 16-15-342 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 15 - Offenses Against Morality And Decency|Section 16-15-342. Criminal solicitation of a minor; defenses; penalties.

 (A) A person eighteen years of age or older commits the offense of criminal solicitation of a minor if he knowingly contacts or communicates with, or attempts to contact or communicate with, a person who is under the age of eighteen, or a person reasonably believed to be under the age of eighteen, for the purpose of or with the intent of persuading, inducing, enticing, or coercing the person to engage or participate in a sexual activity as defined in Section 16-15-375(5) or a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60, or with the intent to perform a sexual activity in the presence of the person under the age of eighteen, or person reasonably believed to be under the age of eighteen.  (B) Consent is a defense to a prosecution pursuant to this section if the person under the age of eighteen, or the person reasonably believed to be under the age of eighteen, is at least sixteen years old.  (C) Consent is not a defense to a prosecution pursuant to this section if the person under the age of eighteen, or the person reasonably believed to be under the age of eighteen, is under the age of sixteen.  (D) It is not a defense to a prosecution pursuant to this section, on the basis of consent or otherwise, that the person reasonably believed to be under the age of eighteen is a law enforcement agent or officer acting in an official capacity.  (E) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both.  HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 208, Section 4, eff April 26, 2004.
SC Code § 16-15-345 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 15 - Offenses Against Morality And Decency|Section 16-15-345. Disseminating obscene material to person under age eighteen prohibited; penalties.

 An individual eighteen years of age or older who knowingly disseminates to a person under the age of eighteen years material which he knows or reasonably should know to be obscene within the meaning of Section 16-15-305 is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than ten years.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 168 Section 3; 2004 Act No. 208, Section 5, eff April 26, 2004.
SC Code § 16-15-355 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 15 - Offenses Against Morality And Decency|Section 16-15-355. Disseminating obscene material to minor twelve years of age or younger prohibited; penalties.

 An individual eighteen years of age or older who knowingly disseminates to a minor twelve years of age or younger material which he knows or reasonably should know to be obscene within the meaning of Section 16-15-305 is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than fifteen years.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 168 Section 3; 2004 Act No. 208, Section 6, eff April 26, 2004.
SC Code § 16-15-365 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 15 - Offenses Against Morality And Decency|Section 16-15-365. Exposure of private parts in lewd and lascivious manner, aiding or procuring person to perform an act, or permitting use of premises for an act prohibited; penalties.

 Any person who wilfully and knowingly exposes the private parts of his person in a lewd and lascivious manner and in the presence of any other person, or aids or abets any such act, or who procures another to perform such act, or any person, who as owner, manager, lessee, director, promoter, or agent, or in any other capacity knowingly hires, leases, or permits the land, building, or premises of which he is owner, lessee, or tenant, or over which he has control, to be used for purposes of any such act, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than six months or fined not more than five hundred dollars, or both.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 168 Section 3.
SC Code § 16-15-385 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 15 - Offenses Against Morality And Decency|Section 16-15-385. Disseminating harmful material to minors and exhibiting harmful performance to minor defined; defenses; penalties.

 (A) A person commits the offense of disseminating harmful material to minors if, knowing the character or content of the material, he:  (1) sells, furnishes, presents, or distributes to a minor material that is harmful to minors; or  (2) allows a minor to review or peruse material that is harmful to minors.  A person does not commit an offense under this subsection when he employs a minor to work in a theater if the minor's parent or guardian consents to the employment and if the minor is not allowed in the viewing area when material harmful to minors is shown.  (B) A person commits the offense of exhibiting a harmful performance to a minor if, with or without consideration and knowing the character or content of the performance, he allows a minor to view a live performance which is harmful to minors.  (C) Except as provided in item (3) of this subsection, mistake of age is not a defense to a prosecution under this section. It is an affirmative defense under this section that:  (1) the defendant was a parent or legal guardian of a minor, but this item does not apply when the parent or legal guardian exhibits or disseminates the harmful material for the sexual gratification of the parent, guardian, or minor.  (2) the defendant was a school, church, museum, public, school, college, or university library, government agency, medical clinic, or hospital carrying out its legitimate function, or an employee or agent of such an organization acting in that capacity and carrying out a legitimate duty of his employment.  (3) before disseminating or exhibiting the harmful material or performance, the defendant requested and received a driver's license, student identification card, or other official governmental or educational identification card or paper indicating that the minor to whom the material or performance was disseminated or exhibited was at least eighteen years old, and the defendant reasonably believed the minor was at least eighteen years old.  (D) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than ten years or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 168 Section 3; 1990 Act No. 358, Sections 1, 2; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 34; 2004 Act No. 208, Section 7, eff April 26, 2004.
SC Code § 16-15-387 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 15 - Offenses Against Morality And Decency|Section 16-15-387. Employment of person under eighteen to appear in public in state of sexually explicit nudity; mistake of age; penalties.

 (A) It is unlawful for a person to employ a person under the age of eighteen years to appear in a state of sexually explicit nudity, as defined in Section 16-15-375(6), in a public place.  (B) Mistake of age is not a defense to a prosecution pursuant to this section. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than ten years or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 421, Section 1; 2004 Act No. 208, Section 8, eff April 26, 2004.
SC Code § 16-15-395 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 15 - Offenses Against Morality And Decency|Section 16-15-395. First degree sexual exploitation of a minor defined; presumptions; defenses; penalties.

 (A) An individual commits the offense of first degree sexual exploitation of a minor if, knowing the character or content of the material or performance, he:  (1) uses, employs, induces, coerces, encourages, or facilitates a minor to engage in or assist others to engage in sexual activity or appear in a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation for a live performance or for the purpose of producing material that contains a visual representation depicting this activity or a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation;  (2) permits a minor under his custody or control to engage in sexual activity or appear in a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation for a live performance or for the purpose of producing material that contains a visual representation depicting this activity or a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation;  (3) transports or finances the transportation of a minor through or across this State with the intent that the minor engage in sexual activity or appear in a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation for a live performance or for the purpose of producing material that contains a visual representation depicting this activity or a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation; or  (4) records, photographs, films, develops, duplicates, produces, or creates a digital electronic file for sale or pecuniary gain material that contains a visual representation depicting a minor engaged in sexual activity or a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation.  (B) In a prosecution pursuant to this section, the trier of fact may infer that a participant in a sexual activity or a state of sexually explicit nudity depicted in material as a minor through its title, text, visual representations, or otherwise, is a minor.  (C) Mistake of age is not a defense to a prosecution pursuant to this section.  (D) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not less than three years nor more than twenty years. No part of the minimum sentence of imprisonment may be suspended nor is the individual convicted eligible for parole until he has served the minimum term of imprisonment. Sentences imposed pursuant to this section must run consecutively with and commence at the expiration of another sentence being served by the person sentenced.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 168 Section 3; 2001 Act No. 81, Section 11; 2004 Act No. 208, Section 9, eff April 26, 2004; 2014 Act No. 269 (H.3959), Section 1, eff June 9, 2014.
SC Code § 16-15-405 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 15 - Offenses Against Morality And Decency|Section 16-15-405. Second degree sexual exploitation of a minor defined; presumptions; defenses; penalties.

 (A) An individual commits the offense of second degree sexual exploitation of a minor if, knowing the character or content of the material, he:  (1) records, photographs, films, develops, duplicates, produces, or creates digital electronic file material that contains a visual representation of a minor engaged in sexual activity or appearing in a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation; or  (2) distributes, transports, exhibits, receives, sells, purchases, exchanges, or solicits material that contains a visual representation of a minor engaged in sexual activity or appearing in a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation.  (B) In a prosecution pursuant to this section, the trier of fact may infer that a participant in sexual activity or a state of sexually explicit nudity depicted in material as a minor through its title, text, visual representations, or otherwise, is a minor.  (C) Mistake of age is not a defense to a prosecution pursuant to this section.  (D) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not less than two years nor more than ten years. No part of the minimum sentence may be suspended nor is the individual convicted eligible for parole until he has served the minimum sentence.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 168 Section 3; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 182; 2001 Act No. 81, Section 12; 2004 Act No. 208, Section 10, eff April 26, 2004; 2014 Act No. 269 (H.3959), Section 2, eff June 9, 2014.
SC Code § 16-15-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 15 - Offenses Against Morality And Decency|Section 16-15-410. Third degree sexual exploitation of a minor defined; penalties; exception.

 (A) An individual commits the offense of third degree sexual exploitation of a minor if, knowing the character or content of the material, he possesses material that contains a visual representation of a minor engaging in sexual activity or appearing in a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation.  (B) In a prosecution pursuant to this section, the trier of fact may infer that a participant in sexual activity or a state of sexually explicit nudity depicted as a minor through its title, text, visual representation, or otherwise, is a minor.  (C) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than ten years.  (D) This section does not apply to an employee of a law enforcement agency, including the State Law Enforcement Division, a prosecuting agency, including the South Carolina Attorney General's Office, or the South Carolina Department of Corrections who, while acting within the employee's official capacity in the course of an investigation or criminal proceeding, is in possession of material that contains a visual representation of a minor engaging in sexual activity or appearing in a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 73, Section 1, eff May 22, 1991; 2004 Act No. 208, Section 11, eff April 26, 2004; 2008 Act No. 226, Section 1, eff May 14, 2008; 2014 Act No. 269 (H.3959), Section 3, eff June 9, 2014.