23-6-6. Classification of crimes and offenders--Promulgation by director--Misdemeanor. The director shall promulgate classifications and shall prepare forms for the statistical classification of crimes, of offenders, of their punishment and treatment and of all other pertinent information, to conform, as far as practicable, with those promulgated by the appropriate agency in the United States Department of Justice, and by the Federal Bureau of the Census. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: SL 1939, ch 138, §§ 4, 15; SDC Supp 1960, §§ 55.15A04, 55.9933; SDCL, § 23-6-18; SL 1978, ch 169, § 2.