{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-9-1-40","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 9-1-40","heading":"Penalties for making false statement or record.","body":"Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record of the System in any attempt to defraud the System as a result of such act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding twelve months, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.","path":["Title 9 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS","CHAPTER 1 South Carolina Retirement System","ARTICLE 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t09c001.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:29:14Z","sha256":"47027ebbae084265352d68a48a188e834278079f2e61e583e08de571a9cd6b81","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-9-1-30","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-9-1-50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}