This article codifies various common law crimes and supersedes them but no person shall be prosecuted or convicted for the commission of the crimes defined herein if a contempt proceeding is instituted against him in any court of this State on account of conduct defined as a crime herein nor shall injunctive or other civil relief against such conduct be denied upon the ground that the conduct constitutes a crime. If any other statute of this State more specifically describes and prohibits the conduct also prohibited in this article and provides penalties, that statute shall govern and no prosecution may be instituted under this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-9-380
Relationship between Article 4, common law, civil relief and other statutes
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Lyles-Gray (1997)
Most recently applied in State v. Lyles-Gray (September 1997)
1980 Act No. 511, SECTION 3.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.