This article may be cited as the 'South Carolina Unfair Trade Practices Act.' As used in this article, (a) 'Person' shall include natural persons, corporations, trusts, partnerships, incorporated or unincorporated associations and any other legal entity. (b) 'Trade' and 'commerce' shall include the advertising, offering for sale, sale or distribution of any services and any property, tangible or intangible, real, personal or mixed, and any other article, commodity or thing of value wherever situate, and shall include any trade or commerce directly or indirectly affecting the people of this State. (c) 'Documentary material' shall include the original or a copy of any book, record, report, memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation, map, chart, photograph, mechanical transcription or other tangible document or recording, wherever situate. (d) 'Examination' of documentary material shall include the inspection, study or copying of any such material, and the taking of testimony under oath or acknowledgment in respect of any such documentary material or copy thereof. HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-71; 1971 (57) 369.
South Carolina Legal Code