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SC Code § 16-7-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 7 - Offenses Against The Peace|Section 16-7-30. Powers of national guardsmen.

 Members of the South Carolina National Guard shall have the powers of peace officers when they are (1) called or ordered into active State service by the Governor pursuant to Sections 25-1-1840, 25-1-1860 and 25-1-1890, (2) serving within the area wherein military assistance is required, and (3) directly assisting civil authorities. Any person arrested or taken into custody by a member of the Guard, under the provisions of this section, shall be dealt with as required by law of peace officers. No person arrested and taken into custody, under no circumstances, shall be detained or confined at any military installation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-173; 1968 (55) 2741.
SC Code § 16-7-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 7 - Offenses Against The Peace|Section 16-7-40. Article is cumulative.

 The provisions of this article are cumulative and in addition to existing criminal laws.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-174; 1968 (55) 2741.
SC Code § 16-7-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 7 - Offenses Against The Peace|Section 16-7-110. Wearing masks and the like.

 No person over sixteen years of age shall appear or enter upon any lane, walk, alley, street, road, public way or highway of this State or upon the public property of the State or of any municipality or county in this State while wearing a mask or other device which conceals his identity. Nor shall any such person demand entrance or admission to or enter upon the premises or into the enclosure or house of any other person while wearing a mask or device which conceals his identity. Nor shall any such person, while wearing a mask or device which conceals his identity, participate in any meeting or demonstration upon the private property of another unless he shall have first obtained the written permission of the owner and the occupant of such property.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-114; 1952 Code Section 16-114; 1951 (47) 132.
SC Code § 16-7-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 7 - Offenses Against The Peace|Section 16-7-120. Placing burning or flaming cross in public place.

 It shall be unlawful for any person to place or to cause to be placed in a public place in the State a burning or flaming cross or any manner of exhibit in which a burning or flaming cross, real or simulated, is the whole or a part or to place or cause to be placed on the property of another in the State a burning or flaming cross or any manner of exhibit in which a burning or flaming cross, real or simulated, is the whole or a part, without first obtaining written permission of the owner or occupier of the premises so to do.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-116; 1952 Code Section 16-116; 1951 (47) 132.
SC Code § 16-7-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 7 - Offenses Against The Peace|Section 16-7-130. Exceptions to Sections 16-7-110 and 16-7-120.

 The provisions of Sections 16-7-110 and 16-7-120 shall not affect the following:  (1) Any person wearing traditional holiday costume;  (2) Any person engaged in a trade or employment in which a mask is worn for the purpose of ensuring the physical safety of the wearer or because of the nature of the occupation, trade or profession;  (3) Any person using a mask in a theatrical production or masquerade ball; or  (4) Any person wearing a gas mask prescribed in a civil defense drill or exercise or in an emergency.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-115; 1952 Code Section 16-115; 1951 (47) 132.
SC Code § 16-7-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 7 - Offenses Against The Peace|Section 16-7-140. Violations of Sections 16-7-110 and 16-7-120.

 A person who violates any provision of Sections 16-7-110 and 16-7-120 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed twelve months.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-117; 1952 Code Section 16-117; 1951 (47) 132; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 89, eff June 11, 2010.
SC Code § 16-7-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 7 - Offenses Against The Peace|Section 16-7-150. Slander and libel.

 Any person who shall with malicious intent originate, utter, circulate or publish any false statement or matter concerning another the effect of which shall tend to injure such person in his character or reputation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction therefor, be subject to punishment by fine not to exceed five thousand dollars or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to abridge any right any person may have by way of an action for damages for libel or slander under the existing law.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-161; 1952 Code Section 16-161; 1942 Code Section 1395; 1932 Code Section 1395; Cr. C. '22 Section 326; 1912 (27) 775.
SC Code § 16-7-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 7 - Offenses Against The Peace|Section 16-7-160. Illegal use of stink bombs or other devices containing foul or offensive odors.

 It is unlawful for a person, other than a peace officer engaged in the discharge of his duty, to place or throw a stink bomb, tear-gas bomb, smoke bomb, or similar device which contains foul or offensive odors, may inflict injury, or cause fear sufficient to incite a riot or conditions of panic in or in close proximity to a public building, storehouse, theater, stadium, arena, motion picture theater, private residence, boardinghouse, or other building or structure where people lodge, congregate, or reside.  A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a:  (1) misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than three years or fined not more than three thousand dollars, or both.  (2) felony if he causes serious bodily harm or injury and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than ten years or fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both. The court may order all or a portion of a fine to be paid to persons injured as a result of the violation to recover necessary medical expenses.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-162; 1952 Code Section 16-162; 1942 Code Section 1177-1; 1932 (38) 1534; 1933 (38) 137; 1987 Act No. 50 Section 1; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 23.
SC Code § 16-7-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 7 - Offenses Against The Peace|Section 16-7-170. Entering public building for purpose of destroying records or other property.

 Any person who enters into any private or public school, college or university building, or a public building, for the purpose of destroying records or other property, or destroys or damages records or other property, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-163; 1969 (56) 318; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 165.
SC Code § 16-8-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 8 - Offenses Promoting Civil Disorder|Section 16-8-20. Teaching or demonstrating use of or making of destructive device; penalties.

 (A) A person may not:  (1) teach or demonstrate to another person the use, application, or making of a firearm or destructive device which is capable of causing injury or death if the person knows, has reason to know, or intends that what is taught or demonstrated will be employed unlawfully for use in, or in furtherance of, a civil disorder; nor  (2) assemble with one or more persons for the purpose of training, practicing, or instructing in the use of a firearm or destructive device which is capable of causing injury or death to persons if the training, practice, or instruction is used in furtherance of an unlawful purpose or a civil disorder.  (B) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (A) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction:  (1) for a first offense must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both;  (2) for a second or subsequent offense must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 42, Section 1; 2000 Act No. 237, Section 5.
SC Code § 16-8-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 8 - Offenses Promoting Civil Disorder|Section 16-8-30. Exceptions.

 Nothing contained in this chapter prohibits:  (1) an act of a law enforcement officer performed within his official capacity;  (2) training for law enforcement officers conducted by or for an agency or a political subdivision of a state or an agency of the United States;  (3) activities of the National Guard or of the armed forces of the United States; or  (4) classes intended to teach the safe handling of legal firearms for hunting, recreation, competition, or self-defense.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 42, Section 1.
SC Code § 16-8-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 8 - Offenses Promoting Civil Disorder|Section 16-8-210. Citation of article.

 This article may be cited as the "Criminal Gang Prevention Act".  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 82, Section 5, eff June 12, 2007.
SC Code § 16-8-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 8 - Offenses Promoting Civil Disorder|Section 16-8-240. Use of or threat of physical violence by criminal gang member; penalties.

 (A) It is unlawful for a criminal gang member to use or threaten to use physical violence against another person with the intent to coerce, induce, or solicit that person or another person to actively participate in criminal gang activity, or to prevent another criminal gang member from withdrawing from or leaving a criminal gang. A criminal gang member who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction for a first offense, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. A criminal gang member convicted for a second or subsequent offense pursuant to this subsection is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.  (B) A criminal gang member who uses a firearm, any other deadly weapon, or physical violence to coerce, induce, or solicit another person to actively participate in a criminal gang, or to prevent another criminal gang member from withdrawing or leaving a criminal gang, in addition to the punishment prescribed in subsection (A), may be punished by an additional fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or by imprisonment for an additional period of not more than ten years, or both.  (C) If the person solicited, recruited, coerced, or threatened in violation of this section is under the age of eighteen, an additional term of three years may be imposed in addition and consecutive to the penalty prescribed for a violation of this section.  (D) A person who has been coerced, intimidated, threatened, or injured in violation of this section has a civil cause of action against a criminal gang or criminal gang member violating this section for treble the amount of the actual damages, for punitive damages, an injunction, and any other appropriate relief in law or equity. Upon prevailing in the civil action, the plaintiff may recover reasonable attorney's fees and costs from the criminal gang or criminal gang member.  (E) Nothing in this section limits prosecution under any other provision of law.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 82, Section 5, eff June 12, 2007.
SC Code § 16-8-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 8 - Offenses Promoting Civil Disorder|Section 16-8-250. Preventing witness or victim from testifying; penalty; coerced person's right to bring civil action.

 (A) It is unlawful for a criminal gang member by threat or force to:  (1) prevent a witness or victim from attending or giving testimony at a trial, proceeding, or inquiry authorized by law that concerns or relates to any criminal activity; or  (2) attempt to prevent a witness or victim from attending or giving testimony at a trial, proceeding, or inquiry authorized by law that concerns or relates to any criminal activity.  (B) A criminal gang member who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both.  (C) A person who has been coerced, intimidated, threatened, or injured in violation of this section has a civil cause of action against a criminal gang or criminal gang member violating this section for treble the amount of his actual damages, for punitive damages, an injunction, and any other appropriate relief in law or equity. Upon prevailing in the civil action, the plaintiff may recover reasonable attorney's fees and costs from the criminal gang or criminal gang member.  (D) Nothing in this section limits prosecution under any other provision of law.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 82, Section 5, eff June 12, 2007.
SC Code § 16-8-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 8 - Offenses Promoting Civil Disorder|Section 16-8-270. Civil cause of action in favor of State of South Carolina or political entity; actions for injunction; venue; service of process.

 (A) A civil cause of action is created in favor of the State of South Carolina, a county, municipality, or another political subdivision, or an agency or instrumentality of them, that sustains any damage, impairment, or injury proximately caused by a pattern of criminal gang activity as defined in this article, or the commission of a criminal act for the purpose of benefiting, promoting, or furthering the interests of a criminal gang. The cause of action created by this section may be brought against a criminal gang, a criminal gang member, or any other person who intentionally directs, participates, conducts, furthers, or assists in the commission of a pattern of criminal gang activity, or any other person who commits a criminal act or delinquency for the purpose of benefiting, promoting, or furthering the interests of a criminal gang.  (B) Except as provided in this section, an action for injunction, damages, or other relief filed pursuant to this section must proceed according to the common law, statutory provisions relating to civil remedies and procedures, and the rules of civil procedure established for the circuit court.  (C) For purposes of venue, an action under this section for the recovery of damages may be brought in the county where the wrongful conduct occurred, or in the county where the damages were sustained. An action to enjoin the commission of an offense or an unlawful act may be brought in the county where the wrongful conduct occurred or may occur. For purposes of service of process, service of process upon a member of a criminal gang or a person representing a criminal gang member by appointment of court, operation of law, or mandate constitutes adequate service upon a criminal gang.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 82, Section 5, eff June 12, 2007.
SC Code § 16-8-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 8 - Offenses Promoting Civil Disorder|Section 16-8-280. Identity of informant exempt from disclosure.

 In all civil actions brought under the provisions of this article, the identity of an informant, identifying information relating to an informant, and all matters exempt from disclosure under Chapter 4, Title 30, the Freedom of Information Act, are exempt from discovery or disclosure under the rules of civil procedure.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 82, Section 5, eff June 12, 2007.
SC Code § 16-8-290 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 8 - Offenses Promoting Civil Disorder|Section 16-8-290. Notification of police or sheriff of release of criminal gang member from prison.

 When a criminal gang member is released from the custody of a jail, prison, or corrections facility, and the criminal gang member was in the custody of the jail, prison, or corrections facility for a violation of the provisions of this article, the jail, prison, or corrections facility must transmit notice of the release of the criminal gang member to the sheriff of the county in which the crime was committed. Notice also must be given to a sheriff that the criminal gang member is being released and has provided an address within the jurisdiction of that sheriff for the county in which the criminal gang member intends to reside. If the crime was committed in a municipality, or if the criminal gang member will reside in a municipality upon release, that law enforcement agency must transmit the same notice to the chiefs of police of those municipalities.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 82, Section 5, eff June 12, 2007.
SC Code § 16-8-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 8 - Offenses Promoting Civil Disorder|Section 16-8-310. Local ordinances.

 Nothing in this article prohibits the governing body of a county, a municipality, or another political subdivision of the State from adopting and enforcing ordinances consistent with this article relating to criminal gangs, criminal gang members, and gang violence. When local ordinances duplicate or supplement this article, this article provides alternative remedies.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 82, Section 5, eff June 12, 2007.
SC Code § 16-8-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 8 - Offenses Promoting Civil Disorder|Section 16-8-320. Access to and maintenance of records of criminal gang activity.

 The State Law Enforcement Division must include the Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization File of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Crime Information Center among those National Crime Information Center data available for direct access by authorized criminal justice agencies. State, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies must maintain a record of all persons who are found to be criminal gang members in the Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization File in accordance with the National Crime Information Center entry criteria. All gang-related incidents must be appropriately annotated in the South Carolina Incident-Based Reporting System pursuant to the intent and purpose of this article.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 82, Section 5, eff June 12, 2007.
SC Code § 16-8-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 8 - Offenses Promoting Civil Disorder|Section 16-8-330. Development and management of statewide criminal gang database.

 (A) Pursuant to achieving the intent and purpose of this article, the State Law Enforcement Division must develop and manage a statewide criminal gang database to facilitate the exchange of information between federal, state, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies pursuant to the intent and purpose of this article.  (B) All state, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies must furnish information they acquire relating to criminal gangs and gang-related incidents to the State Law Enforcement Division to be included in the database.  (C) The State Law Enforcement Division may determine if information relating to criminal gangs, gang-related incidents, patterns of gang activity, or members or associates of criminal gangs received from federal law enforcement agencies and law enforcement agencies of other states is to be included in the database.  (D) Criminal information relating to a criminal gang and collected pursuant to this article must be consistent with the criteria required on the effective date of this act by the Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization File of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Crime Information Center. The State Law Enforcement Division is authorized pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act in Chapter 23, Title 1:  (1) to promulgate emergency regulations to make the criteria effective for collection of database information until such time as permanent regulations are promulgated and affirmatively approved by the General Assembly;  (2) to promulgate permanent regulations consistent with the criteria required on the effective date of this act, which are to be affirmatively approved by the General Assembly, and to amend those regulations to reflect changes made in the criteria; and  (3) to promulgate permanent regulations concerning the punishment associated with intentional misuse of the database.  (E) Information relating to a person who does not have a criminal arrest record and is not a member of a criminal gang must be used only for intelligence, investigative, and tracking purposes.  (F) The information contained in this database is not subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 82, Section 5, eff June 12, 2007.
SC Code § 16-8-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 8 - Offenses Promoting Civil Disorder|Section 16-8-340. Community anti-gang matching grants program.

 There is established in the appropriate office of the Department of Administration a Community Safety Anti-Gang Matching Grants program to provide funding for local programs to prevent youth idleness and intervene with at-risk youth. These grants may be awarded to counties and municipalities upon application for after school programs, summer youth employment programs, and police and sheriff anti-gang task forces. Grants must be awarded on a two-for-one matching basis with the local match component consisting of cash. Grant applications must be reviewed and rated by the Governor's Committee on Criminal Justice, Crime, and Delinquency, but responsibility for the award of grants is solely with the board. Funding for these grants must be in the amount as the General Assembly shall provide by law.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 82, Section 7, eff June 12, 2007.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 16-9-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 9 - Offenses Against Public Justice|Section 16-9-10. Perjury and subornation of perjury.

 (A)(1) It is unlawful for a person to wilfully give false, misleading, or incomplete testimony under oath in any court of record, judicial, administrative, or regulatory proceeding in this State.  (2) It is unlawful for a person to wilfully give false, misleading, or incomplete information on a document, record, report, or form required by the laws of this State.  (B)(1) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (A)(1) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.  (2) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (A)(2) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not less than one hundred dollars, or both.  (C) A person may be convicted under this section if he induces, procures, or persuades another person to commit perjury or if he commits perjury by his own act, consent, or agreement.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-201; 1952 Code Section 16-201; 1942 Code Section 1397; 1932 Code Section 1397; Cr. C. '22 Section 332; Cr. C. '12 Section 340; Cr. C. '02 Section 253; G. S. 2531; R. S. 217; 1712 (2) 487; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 89.