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SC Code § 16-3-830. (Reasonable belief as to majority of child as affirmative defense):
It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this article that the defendant, in good faith, reasonably believed that the person who engaged in the sexual conduct was eighteen years of age or older.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 267.
https://law.justia.com/codes/south-carolina/2019/title-16/chapter-3/section-16-3-830/