2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft
CHAPTER 13 - PROTECTION OF FISH
SECTION 50-13-1210. Permanent obstruction to migration of fish prohibited; destruction of obstruction.
No permanent obstruction of any kind or nature whatever, other than a dam for manufacturing purposes, shall be placed in any of the inland creeks, streams or waters of the State so as to obstruct the free migration of fish. Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined in the sum of two hundred dollars or be imprisoned for a period of not less than three nor more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court trying the case. Whenever any such permanent obstruction shall be found, any enforcement officer or any law enforcement officer may, in the name of the State, destroy or take down such obstruction or so much of it as is necessary to again permit the free migration of fish.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-647; 1952 (47) 2179; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.
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