§ 23-13-6 — Neglect of gambling investigation and enforcement as petty offense.

Any public official referred to in §§ 23-13-4 and 23-13-5 who has knowledge sufficient to put an ordinary person on inquiry as to existence of any forms of gambling nuisance prohibited by this code and who fails thereafter diligently to secure and prepare the available evidence and to prosecute the violations found to exist, commits a petty offense.

Legislative History

SDC 1939, § 24.9901; SL 1979, ch 150, § 29.