Section 39-35-80. Penalties; certificate of analysis shall be prima facie evidence.

SC Code § 39-35-80 (2019) (N/A)
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Any person violating any provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be proceeded against by any of the processes provided for misdemeanors and tried by any court having jurisdiction of misdemeanors in this State. Upon conviction, he shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars and not less than ten dollars. The sworn certificate or a certified official report of the chemist of the Department of Agriculture of the analysis of a suspected sample shall be recognized in all courts of this State as prima facie evidence of such analysis and of the composition and character of such sample.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1671; 1952 Code Section 32-1671; 1942 Code Section 5129-10; 1932 Code Section 1463; Cr. C. '22 Section 409; Cr. C. '12 Section 419; Cr. C. '02 Sections 316, 317; 1896 (22) 215; 1917 (30) 50; 1941 (42) 119.