South Carolina § 23-36-170 Criminal penalties.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 23-36-170 — Criminal penalties.

South Carolina § 23-36-170

Title 23LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY

Ch. 36EXPLOSIVES CONTROL ACT

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S.C. Code Ann. § 23-36-170 (2026).

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Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished:

(a)for the first offense, by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand, five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.

(b)for the second offense, by a fine of not less than one thousand, five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars and imprisonment for not less than five years nor more than ten years.

(c)for the third offense, by a fine of not less than five thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars and imprisonment for not less than ten years nor more than fifteen years.

(d)for any fourth or subsequent offense, by a fine of not less than seven thousand, five hundred dollars nor more than f

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Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished: (a) for the first offense, by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand, five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both. (b) for the second offense, by a fine of not less than one thousand, five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars and imprisonment for not less than five years nor more than ten years. (c) for the third offense, by a fine of not less than five thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars and imprisonment for not less than ten years nor more than fifteen years. (d) for any fourth or subsequent offense, by a fine of not less than seven thousand, five hundred dollars nor more than fifteen thousand dollars and imprisonment of not less than ten years nor more than fifteen years. The license of any dealer or blaster is permanently revoked upon conviction for a second offense and no license may be issued to any person whose base operation is substantially the same as that of a person whose license has been permanently revoked.