10 chapters · 176 sections in this title.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-9-10 Harboring deserting seamen or enticing them to desert
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Any person who shall be convicted of harboring deserting seamen or of inveigling or procuring them to desert any service for which they have engaged or disregard any article into which they have entered shall be held guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon trial and conviction, shall b…
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-9-20 Magistrate may order search for harbored, secreted, or detained seamen
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In case any such seamen or any boy apprenticed on board any ship or vessel shall be harbored, secreted or detained, any magistrate, upon complaint on oath made by the master of such ship, or on his behalf, may inquire into the matter and, if he shall see fit, by warrant under his…
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-9-30 Provisions regarding harboring deserting seamen extend to all shipping agreements
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The provisions of Sections 54-9-10 and 54-9-20 shall extend to every agreement to proceed or continue on a voyage made in this State or elsewhere by a seaman, and whether in contemplation of a voyage to be commenced in the State or elsewhere, if such agreement, at the time when a…
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-9-40 Admissibility of articles of ship in evidence
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On the prosecution or trial of any indictment under the provisions of this chapter a copy of the articles of the ship or vessel, authenticated by the affidavit of the captain, sworn to before any notary public or magistrate of this State, shall be admissible in evidence and shall…