It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this article that the defendant, in good faith, reasonably believed that the person who engaged in the sexual conduct was eighteen years of age or older.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-830
Reasonable belief as to majority of child as affirmative defense
1984 Act No. 267.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.