S.C. Code Ann. § 22-3-560

Magistrates may punish breaches of the peace by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty days, or both. Editor's Note 2010 Act No. 273, SECTION 7.C, provides: "Wherever in the 1976 Code of Laws reference is made to the common law offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, it means assault and battery with intent to kill, as contained in repealed Section 16-3-620, and, except for references in Section 16-1-60 and Section 17-25-45, wherever in the 1976 Code reference is made to assault and battery with intent to kill, it means attempted murder as defined in Section 16-3-29." Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment designated subsection (A) and added subsection (B) relating to assaults and batteries against sports officials and coaches. The 2010 amendment rewrote the section. 2016 Act No. 154, SECTION 3, substituted "punish breaches of the peace by a fine" for "punish by fine" and "or both" for "or both, all breaches of the peace".