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S.C. Code Ann. § 44-23-240: Causing unwarranted confinement.

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Title 44 - HEALTH
CHAPTER 23 Provisions Applicable to Both Mentally Ill Persons and Persons With Intellectual Disability
ARTICLE 3 Detention, Confinement, and Transfer of Confined Persons

Any person who wilfully causes, or conspires with or assists another to cause the unwarranted confinement of any individual under the provisions of this chapter, Chapter 9, Chapter 11, Chapter 13, Article 1, of Chapter 15, Chapter 17, or Chapter 27, shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not exceeding one year, or both.

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