South Carolina § 58-17-4050 Penalty for injury due to wilful violation.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 58-17-4050 — Penalty for injury due to wilful violation.

South Carolina § 58-17-4050

Title 58PUBLIC UTILITIES, SERVICES AND CARRIERS

Ch. 17THE GENERAL RAILROAD LAW

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-4050 (2026).

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Any engineer, conductor or other agent or employee of any railroad company in this State who shall wilfully neglect to observe or shall wilfully violate any rule or regulation of the company to which such engineer or conductor may belong, whereby any person shall sustain or be in danger of sustaining any bodily injury shall be liable to be indicted for every such offense and, upon conviction thereof, be fined two hundred dollars and imprisoned for not exceeding one year, at the discretion of the judge before whom such case may be tried. Nothing therein contained shall be so construed as to relieve such engineer or conductor from responsibility under the law when the life of any person is destroyed.

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Any engineer, conductor or other agent or employee of any railroad company in this State who shall wilfully neglect to observe or shall wilfully violate any rule or regulation of the company to which such engineer or conductor may belong, whereby any person shall sustain or be in danger of sustaining any bodily injury shall be liable to be indicted for every such offense and, upon conviction thereof, be fined two hundred dollars and imprisoned for not exceeding one year, at the discretion of the judge before whom such case may be tried. Nothing therein contained shall be so construed as to relieve such engineer or conductor from responsibility under the law when the life of any person is destroyed.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 58-1261; 1952 Code SECTION 58-1261; 1942 Code SECTIONS 1127, 1693; 1932 Code SECTIONS 1127, 1691; Cr. C. '22 SECTIONS 24, 637; Cr. C. '12 SECTIONS 169, 662; Cr. C. '02 SECTIONS 138, 474; G. S. 2478; R. S. 136; R. S. 371; 1857 (12) 634.