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Code · South Carolina · Title 17 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURES · CHAPTER 25 · Judgment and Execution

§ 17-25-20. Punishment for felony when not specially provided.

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§ 17-25-20. Punishment for felony when not specially provided.
When no special punishment is provided for a felony, it shall, at the discretion of the court, be by one or more of the following modes, to wit: Confinement in the Penitentiary or in a workhouse or penal farm, when such institutions shall exist, for a period of not less than three months nor more than ten years, with such imposition of hard labor and solitary confinement as may be directed.
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