16-13-120 – 16-13-120 | South Carolina Law

SECTION 16-13-120. Shoplifting; presumptions from concealment of unpurchased goods. It is permissible to infer that any person wilfully concealing unpurchased goods or merchandise of any store or other mercantile establishment either on the premises or outside the premises of the store has concealed the article with the intention of converting it to his own use without paying the purchase price thereof within the meaning of Section 16-13-110. It is also permissible to infer that the finding of t