S.D. Codified Laws § 33-3-22
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Interfering with National Guard members in performance of duty--Misdemeanor
Official statutory text
If any person intercepts, molests, insults, or abuses any officer or enlisted member of the National Guard while in the performance of the member's military duty, the person may be immediately arrested and kept confined, in the discretion of the commanding officer of the force engaged in such duty, until sunset of the same day on which the offense is committed, or for such reasonable time as may be necessary to procure the person's arrest by the civil authorities. Any such offender is also guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Source: SL 1903, ch 185, § 29; SL 1917, ch 297, § 39; RC 1919, § 10599; SDC 1939, § 41.0150; SL 1977, ch 190, § 2; SL 2007, ch 187, § 31.
Source: SL 1903, ch 185, § 29; SL 1917, ch 297, § 39; RC 1919, § 10599; SDC 1939, § 41.0150; SL 1977, ch 190, § 2; SL 2007, ch 187, § 31.
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