South Carolina § 58-17-4020 - Penalty for violation of chapter by individuals.
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§ 58-17-4020. Penalty for violation of chapter by individuals.
Any director or officer of any railroad corporation or company or any receiver, trustee, lessee or person acting or engaged as a railroad or any agent of any such corporation or company, receiver, trustee, lessee or person, or of one of them alone or with any other corporation, person or party, who shall (a) directly or indirectly do, or cause or willingly suffer or permit to be done, any act, matter or thing in this chapter prohibited or forbidden, (b) directly or indirectly aid or abet therein, (c) directly or indirectly omit or fail to do any act, matter or thing in this chapter required to be done, (d) cause or willingly suffer or permit any act, matter or thing, so directed or required to be done, not to be so done, (e) directly or indirectly aid or abet any such omission or failure, (f) directly or indirectly be guilty of any infraction of this chapter or (g) directly or indirectly aid or abet therein shall, unless otherwise herein specially provided, be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 58-1258; 1952 Code SECTION 58-1258; 1942 Code SECTION 8457; 1932 Code SECTION 8474; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 5010; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 3312; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 2206; G. S. 1540; R. S. 1739; 1882 (17) 18.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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