The director shall collect and compile information, statistical and otherwise, which will, as far as practicable, present an accurate survey of the number and character of crimes committed in the state, the extent and character of delinquency, the operations of the police, prosecuting attorneys, courts and other public agencies of criminal justice, and the operations of penal and reformatory institutions, probation, parole, and other public agencies concerned with the punishment or treatment of criminal offenders. He shall include such information as may be useful in the study of crime and delinquency and the causes thereof, for the administration of criminal justice, and for the apprehension, punishment and treatment of criminal offenders. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
S.D. Codified Laws § 23-6-4
Statistical information--Compilation by director--Misdemeanor
Known as the Uniform Criminal Statistics Act
The act spans §§ 23–23 (21 sections).
Source: SL 1939, ch 138, §§ 3, 15; SDC Supp 1960, §§ 55.15A03, 55.9933; SDCL, § 23-6-18; SL 1978, ch 169, § 2.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.