It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to enter or cause to be entered for competition or to compete for any purse, prize, premium, stake or sweepstake offered or given by an agricultural or other society, association or person or to drive any horse, mare, gelding, colt or filly under an assumed name or out of its proper class, when such prize, purse, premium, stake or sweepstake is to be decided by a contest of speed. Any person found guilty of a violation of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned for a period of not more than one year or fined in any sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 5-201; 1952 Code Section 5-201; 1942 Code Section 1335; 1932 Code Section 1335; Cr. C. '22 Section 225; Cr. C. '12 Section 519; 1904 (24) 530.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 52 - Amusements and Athletic Contests
Section 52-5-10. Race horses shall not be entered under assumed names or out of proper class.
Section 52-5-20. Name of horse shall not be changed.
Section 52-5-30. Determination of class.
Section 52-5-40. Misrepresenting or concealing former performance.
Section 52-5-100. Short title.
Section 52-5-110. Bequest of property to State for equestrian center.
Section 52-5-120. Establishment of "Springdale Fund"; sale of property.
Section 52-5-140. Equipment, machinery, and supplies.
Section 52-5-150. Use of profits from operation of training and equestrian center.