Any person who shall make any bet or wager of money or wager of any other thing of value or shall have any share or part in any bet or wager of money or wager of any other thing of value upon any election in this State shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars and be imprisoned not exceeding one month.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-508; 1952 Code Section 16-508; 1942 Code Section 1740; 1932 Code Sections 1412, 1740; Cr. C. '22 Sections 347, 722; Cr. C. '12 Sections 358, 706; Cr. C. '02 Sections 271, 508; G. S. 1717, 2546; R. S. 235, 393; 1850 (12) 72; 1909 (26) 67.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 19 - Gambling And Lotteries
Section 16-19-10. Setting up lotteries.
Section 16-19-20. Adventuring in lotteries.
Section 16-19-30. Selling lottery tickets.
Section 16-19-40. Unlawful games and betting.
Section 16-19-50. Keeping unlawful gaming tables.
Section 16-19-70. Keeping gaming tables open or playing games on the Sabbath.
Section 16-19-80. Forfeiture of wagers.
Section 16-19-90. Betting on elections.
Section 16-19-100. Imprisonment in case of conviction.
Section 16-19-110. Exoneration for becoming State's evidence.
Section 16-19-120. Officers shall destroy gambling devices after confiscation.
Section 16-19-130. Betting, pool selling, bookmaking and the like prohibited.
Section 16-19-140. Violation of Section 16-19-130 constitutes a nuisance.
Section 16-19-150. Punishment of offense covered by Section 16-19-40.