S.C. Code § 8-1-20

Current through 2024 Act No. 209.
Section 8-1-20 - Illegal collecting and retaining rebates, commissions, or discounts

A state or county officer who receives or collects a rebate, commission, or discount from a person upon the purchase of books or other property or supplies or from printing or advertising, whether for use of the State or a county, and fails or refuses to pay it to the proper state or county authority at the time of receiving it is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than ten years. A person convicted under this section must forfeit his office.

S.C. Code § 8-1-20

1993 Act No. 184, Section 14, eff 1/1/1994; 1897 (22) 519; Cr. C. '02 Section 223; Cr. C. '12 Section 303; Cr. C. '22 Section 149; 1932 Code Section 1254; 1942 Code Section 1254; 1952 Code Section 50-2; 1962 Code Section 50-2.