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S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-659: Criminal sexual conduct; males under fourteen not presumed incapable of committing crime of rape.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
- CHAPTER 3 Offenses Against the Person
- ARTICLE 7 Assault and Criminal Sexual Conduct
The common law rule that a boy under fourteen years is conclusively presumed to be incapable of committing the crime of rape shall not be enforced in this State. Provided, that any person under the age of 14 shall be tried as a juvenile for any violations of Sections 16-3-651 to 16-3-659.1.
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