2014 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry
CHAPTER 1 - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
SECTION 47-1-50. Cruel work; carriage in vehicles; penalties.
(A) An owner, a possessor, or a person having the charge or custody of an animal may not:
(1) cruelly drive or work it when unfit for labor;
(2) carry it, or cause it to be carried, in or upon a vehicle or otherwise in an unnecessarily cruel or inhumane manner.
(B) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished for each offense in the manner prescribed in Section 47-1-40(A).
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-5; 1952 Code Section 6-5; 1942 Code Section 1595; 1932 Code Section 1595; Cr. C. '22 Section 560; Cr. C. '12 Section 911; Cr. C. '02 Section 626; G. S. 1704; R. S. 508; 1881 (17) 573; 1992 Act No. 398, Section 1, eff June 2, 1992; 1998 Act No. 367, Section 3, eff May 27, 1998.
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