S.C. Code Ann. § 8-1-20
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SECTION 8-1-20. Illegal collecting and retaining rebates, commissions, or discounts.
Official statutory text
A state or county officer who receives or collects a rebate, commission, or discount from a person upon the purchase of books or other property or supplies or from printing or advertising, whether for use of the State or a county, and fails or refuses to pay it to the proper state or county authority at the time of receiving it is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than ten years. A person convicted under this section must forfeit his office.
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