South Carolina § 16-13-390 - Cheating producers of electricity.
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§ 16-13-390. Cheating producers of electricity.
Any person who (a) has a contract, agreement, license or permission, oral or written, with or from any person authorized to manufacture, sell or use electricity for the purpose of light, heat or power or with or from any authorized agent of such person for the use of the electrical current belonging to or produced or furnished by any such person, for certain specified purposes and (b) shall wilfully and intentionally withdraw or cause to be withdrawn, in any manner, and appropriate to his own use or to the use of any other person electrical current for purposes other than those specified shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in SECTION 16-13-380. And any such person to whom such electrical current is furnished from or by means of a meter who shall wilfully and with intention to cheat and defraud any person, alter or interfere with such meter or by any contrivance whatsoever withdraw or take off electrical current in any manner except through such meter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished as provided in SECTION 16-13-380.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 24-452; 1952 Code SECTION 24-452; 1942 Code SECTION 1158; 1932 Code SECTION 1158; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 52; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 202; 1904 (24) 410.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 16-13-390 ("Cheating producers of electricity.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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