§ 23-3-475 — Registering with false information; penalties.

(A) Anyone who knowingly and wilfully gives false information when registering as an offender pursuant to this article must be punished as provided in subsection (B). (B)(1) A person convicted for a first offense is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than three hundred sixty-six days, or both. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, or any other provision of law, a first offense may be tried in magistrates court. (2) A person convicted for a second offense is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be imprisoned for a mandatory period of three hundred sixty-six days, no part of which shall be suspended nor probation granted. (3) A person convicted for a third or subsequent offense is guilty of a felony and must be imprisoned for a mandatory period of five years, three years of which shall not be suspended nor probation granted.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 444, SECTION 16; 1998 Act No. 384, SECTION 1; 2010 Act No. 212, SECTION 7, eff June 7, 2010. Effect of Amendment The 2010 amendment rewrote subsection (B)(1); and, in subsection (B)(2), substituted "three hundred sixty-six days," for "one year" following "a mandatory period of".