Stupid South Carolina Laws

Don’t kill anyone while attempting suicide.

It is against the law for anyone to inadvertently kill another person will attempting to take your own life via suicide.

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Must bring your rifle to Church!

All males in South Carolina must bring their rifles with them to church on Sundays because indians might attack!

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Wife Beating Allowed on Sunday

Guess what husbands….., on Sundays you’re allowed to beat you wives but only on the steps of the courthouse.

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Illegal to fire a missle without a permit law.

It is illegal to fire missles with out a permit.

Title 23 – Law Enforcement and Public Safety

 

CHAPTER 33.

MISSILES

SECTION 23-33-10. “Missile” defined. A “missile,” as contemplated by this chapter, shall be defined as any object or substance hurled through the air by the use of gunpowder or any other explosive substance whether purchased by the individual or compounded from chemicals.

SECTION 23-33-20. Permit required for firing missile. Before any person shall fire or attempt to fire or discharge any missile within the borders of this State, he shall first procure a written permit from the Aeronautics Division of the Department of Commerce on such form as it may prescribe.

SECTION 23-33-30. Exemptions from application of chapter. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the firing or discharge of missiles by any agency of the Federal or State government, to small firearms or to fireworks now authorized by law.

SECTION 23-33-40. Penalties. Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be fined not more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days or both, in the discretion of the court.

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Horses may not be caged in a bathtub law.

In South Carolina, horses are not allowed to be kept in a bathtub.

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No U-Turns at an Intersection Law.

All U-Turns must be performed no closer than 1000 to an intersection.

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No musical instrument sales allowed on Sunday.

It is against the law to purchase a musical instrument on Sunday. No drums, guitars, and other instruments become illegal to sell on Sundays.

Title 53 – Sundays, Holidays and Other Special Days
CHAPTER 1.
SECTION 53-1-60. Sale of certain items on Sunday prohibited.

The sale or offer to sell the following items on Sunday is prohibited: Clothing and clothing accessories (except those which qualify as swimwear, novelties, souvenirs, hosiery, or undergarments); housewares, china, glassware, and kitchenware; home, business and office furnishings, and appliances; tools, paints, hardware, building supplies, and lumber; jewelry, silverware, watches, clocks, luggage, musical instruments, recorders, recordings, radios, television sets, phonographs, record players or so-called hi-fi or stereo sets, or equipment; sporting goods (except when sold on premises where sporting events and recreational facilities are permitted); yard or piece goods; automobiles, trucks, and trailers. No inference shall arise from the foregoing enumeration that either the sale or the offering for sale on Sunday of items or articles not mentioned is permitted.

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No work may be done on Sunday Law.

It is against the law to get any work done on Sundays in South Carolina.

Title 53 – Sundays, Holidays and Other Special Days
CHAPTER 1.
SECTION 53-1-40. Unlawful to work on Sunday.

 

On the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, it shall be unlawful for any person to engage in worldly work, labor, business of his ordinary calling or the selling or offering to sell, publicly or privately or by telephone, at retail or at wholesale to the consumer any goods, wares or merchandise or to employ others to engage in work, labor, business or selling or offering to sell any goods, wares or merchandise, excepting work of necessity or charity. Provided, that in Charleston County the foregoing shall not apply to any person who conscientiously believes, because of his religion, that the seventh day of the week ought to be observed as the Sabbath and who actually refrains from secular business or labor on that day.

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Dance Halls Must be Closed on Sundays

In South Carolina, it is illegal for dance halls to operate on Sundays.

Title 52 – Amusements and Athletic Contests
CHAPTER 13.
DANCE HALLS

 

SECTION 52-13-10. Operation on Sunday forbidden.

It shall be unlawful for any person to keep open or admit persons to any public dancing hall owned or operated by him or to allow any person to continue thereat between the hours of twelve o’clock, midnight, Saturday and twelve o’clock, midnight, Sunday, and all such places shall be and remain closed to the public between such hours. The violation of the provisions of this section shall subject the offender to a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for the first offense and for the second offense not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for thirty days.

SECTION 52-13-20. Location near churches and cemeteries forbidden.

It shall be unlawful to operate or maintain outside the limits of any incorporated town or city within the State a dance hall within one fourth of a mile of a rural church with an active congregation or a rural cemetery that is either maintained as a cemetery or has been used for the burial of the dead within five years previous to the operation or maintenance of such dance hall. Every operation or maintenance of a dance hall within a period of twenty-four hours shall be considered a separate and distinct offense if in violation of this section.

SECTION 52-13-30. Counties not included in provisions of SECTION 52-13-20.

Notwithstanding the provisions of SECTION 52-13-20, in Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Darlington, Florence, Georgetown, Jasper, Lexington, Newberry, Orangeburg and Sumter Counties the governing body of the county may, in its discretion, grant and revoke licenses for the operation and maintenance of dance halls at any location within the county outside the limits of any incorporated town or city and fix license fees for such businesses not to exceed ten dollars per annum for each such business. It shall be unlawful to operate or maintain outside the limits of any incorporated town or city within any such county a dance hall without first procuring the issuance of such license from the governing body of the county.

SECTION 52-13-40. Violations.

Any violation of the provisions of this article other than SECTION 52-13-10 shall be punishable for the first offense by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars nor less than twenty-five dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days and for a subsequent offense by a fine of not less than seventy-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than twenty-five days nor more than thirty days.

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Propose and your stuck with the bitch law.

In South Carolina, it is unlawful for a man to promise to marry an unwed woman  and NOT go through  with the marriage. Talk about a shotgun wedding!

Title 16 – Crimes and Offenses
CHAPTER 15.
OFFENSES AGAINST MORALITY AND DECENCY
ARTICLE 1.
MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES

 

SECTION 16-15-50. Seduction under promise of marriage.

A male over the age of sixteen years who by means of deception and promise of marriage seduces an unmarried woman in this State is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined at the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than one year. There must not be a conviction under this section on the uncorroborated testimony of the woman upon whom the seduction is charged, and no conviction if at trial it is proved that the woman was at the time of the alleged offense lewd and unchaste. If the defendant in any action brought under this section contracts marriage with the woman, either before or after the conviction, further proceedings of this section are stayed.

 

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Anti Confederate Flag Law

In South Carolina, it is against the law to display a confederate flag at a courthouse.

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