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2020 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person
Section 16-3-659. Criminal sexual conduct; males under fourteen not presumed incapable of committing crime of rape.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 16-3-659 (2020)
The common law rule that a boy under fourteen years is conclusively presumed to be incapable of committing the crime of rape shall not be enforced in this State. Provided, that any person under the age of 14 shall be tried as a juvenile for any violations of Sections 16-3-651 to 16-3-659.1.
HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 157 Section 9.
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