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S.C. Code Ann. § 16-27-50

Applicability of cruelty provisions; presumption of cruelty

Known as the The Animal Fighting and Baiting Act

The act spans §§ 16–16 (9 sections).

1986 Act No. 491, SECTION 5; 2006 Act No. 345, SECTION 2, eff June 12, 2006.

(A) The provisions of Section 47-1-150 apply to this chapter.

(B) For purposes of a hearing to determine whether the owner is able to provide adequately for the animal and is fit to have custody of the animal, any animal found to be owned, trained, possessed, purchased, sold, transported, or bred in violation of this chapter must be considered cruelly treated and the owner must be deemed unfit.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.