§ 49-31-36 Manufacture, possession or transfer of instrument for fraudulently obtaining telecommunications service as misdemeanor.

SD Codified L § 49-31-36 (2019) (N/A)

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49-31-36. Manufacture, possession or transfer of instrument for fraudulently obtaining telecommunications service as misdemeanor. Any person:

(1) Who makes or possesses an instrument, apparatus, equipment or device designed, adapted or which can be used to obtain telecommunications service fraudulently or to conceal from the supplier of telecommunications service or from a lawful authority the existence or place of origin or of destination of a telecommunication; or

(2) Who sells, gives or otherwise transfers to another, or offers or advertises for sale, an instrument, apparatus, equipment or device described above, or plans or instructions for making or assembling the same; under circumstances evincing an intent to use or employ the instrument, apparatus, equipment or device, or to allow the same to be used or employed, for a purpose described above, or knowing or having reason to believe that the same is intended to be so used, or that the aforesaid plans or instructions are intended to be used for making or assembling such instrument, apparatus, equipment or device,is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SL 1965, ch 225; SL 1983, ch 15, § 123.

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