South Carolina § 33-47-1150 - Inducing members to violate contract or spreading false reports.
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§ 33-47-1150. Inducing members to violate contract or spreading false reports.
Any person who knowingly induces or attempts to induce, or any corporation whose officers or employees knowingly induce or attempt to induce, any member or stockholder of an association organized hereunder to breach his marketing contract with the association or who maliciously and knowingly spreads false reports about the finances or management thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars for such offense and shall be liable to the association aggrieved in a civil suit in the penal sum of five hundred dollars for each such offense.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 12-975; 1952 Code SECTION 12-975; 1942 Code SECTION 6522; 1932 Code SECTION 6522; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 3426; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 288; 1921 (32) 339.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 33-47-1150 ("Inducing members to violate contract or spreading false reports.") 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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