{"id":"DUT-SC-004","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","state":"SC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of South Carolina","authority":"S.C. Code Ann. § 16-7-10(A)","instrument":"S.C. Code Ann. § 16-7-10","title":"Illegal acts during state of emergency","dateIssued":"2002-07-02","effective":"operative in any area designated in a gubernatorial proclamation of a state of emergency, for its duration (March 13, 2020 to June 6-7, 2021 for COVID-19)","end":"standing","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","GATH","OTHER"],"addressees":["persons generally (including business owners and operators subject to the orders\u0027 conditions)"],"clause":"In any area designated by the Governor in his proclamation that a state of emergency exists, and during the duration of the proclamation, it is unlawful for a person to: (1)(a) violate a provision in the proclamation including, but not limited to, any curfew set forth by the proclamation; (b) congregate, unless authorized or in their homes, in groups of three or more","enforcement":"misdemeanor; fine not more than $100 or imprisonment not more than thirty days (§ 16-7-10(A)(1))","functions":[],"notes":"Every person must obey every provision of the Governor\u0027s emergency proclamations and orders, must disperse from groups of three or more on a law enforcement officer\u0027s order, and must comply with lawful law-enforcement directions during a declared emergency, on pain of criminal conviction.","sourceUrl":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t16c007.php","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200702224237/https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t16c007.php","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":142304,"grade":"primary","character":"order_penalty","description":"","collection":"DUT-SC","url":"/library/DUT-SC-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-SC-004","citation":"General Assembly of South Carolina, S.C. Code Ann. § 16-7-10 (standing) (Ex. DUT-SC-004)","stateName":"South Carolina","related":["SC-013","SC-027","SC-035","DUT-SC-017","DUT-SC-005","DUT-SC-002","DUT-SC-006"]}