(A) The provisions of the criminal statutes of the state applicable and pertaining to misdemeanors, all as set out in the S.C. Code Title 16, are adopted and ordained as the laws governing misdemeanors and the trials thereof in the town, along with all terms and definitions therein set out.
(B) The Criminal Code of the state, as to misdemeanors, shall be known and cited as the criminal code of the town, and may be supplemented by additional ordinances as the town may from time to time deem necessary.
(C) The Municipal Court of the town may try and determine criminal cases involving violations of the provisions of the Criminal Code of the state, as hereinabove set out, occurring within the limits of the town when the penalty prescribed by state law for the violations does not exceed 30 days imprisonment and/or a $500 fine. The Municipal Court may have trial jurisdiction over the criminal cases the same as magistrates.
(D) The adoption of the Criminal Code of the state, as to misdemeanors, shall not in any wise affect the administrative ordinances or resolutions of the Town Council in conflict or inconsistent therewith.
(Prior Code, § 2.44.020) (Ord. 96-03, passed - -)