No person may cause or knowingly permit that person's child or ward under the age of eighteen years to drive a motor vehicle upon any highway when the minor is not authorized under this chapter or in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SL 1959, ch 261 , § 30; SDC Supp 1960, § 44.03B27; SL 2001, ch 171 , § 67.