No child under fourteen years of age may be employed at any time in any factory or workshop or about any mine, nor be employed in any mercantile establishment except during hours when the child’s own school or other educational program is not in session and in no case after seven o’clock p.m. Violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Attorney's Note

Under the South Dakota Laws, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class 2 misdemeanorup to 30 daysup to $500
For details, see § 22-6-2

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Source: SL 1913, ch 240, §§ 2, 8; RC 1919, §§ 10015, 10021; SL 1923, ch 308, § 2; SDC 1939, §§ 17.0602, 17.9901; SDCL § 60-12-10; SL 1978, ch 359, § 2; SL 2008, ch 276, § 90; SL 2014, ch 247, § 1.