S.C. Code Ann. § 24-13-260 – Failure of officer having charge of inmate to allow deduction in time of serving sentence; penalty

An officer having charge of an inmate who refuses to allow a deduction in time of serving sentence is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not less than thirty days or pay a fine of not less than one hundred dollars.

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 55-10; 1952 Code SECTION 55-10; 1942 Code SECTION 1578; 1932 Code SECTION 1578; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 531; 1914 (28) 617; 1935 (39) 467; 1938 (40) 1833; 2010 Act No. 237, SECTION 75, eff June 11, 2010.

Effect of Amendment

The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.