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2019 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 17 - Offenses Against Public Policy
Section 16-17-480. Section 16-17-470 not applicable to law officers.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 16-17-480 (2019)
Nothing in Section 16-17-470 shall prevent duly constituted officers of the law from performing their official duties in ferreting out offenders or suspected offenders against violating the laws of this State or any municipality therein for the purpose of apprehending such suspected violator. But the provisions of this section shall not be construed as giving such officers any additional rights or powers upon private property but shall be construed as preserving only such powers as they had before.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-555; 1952 Code Section 16-555; 1942 Code Section 1192-1; 1937 (40) 478.
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