Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 11 of this title, this title becomes effective at 12:01 a.m., January 1, 1968. It applies to transactions entered into and events occurring after that date.
S.C. Code § 36-10-101
"This act," referred to in this section, means Act No. 1065 of the 1966 Acts and Joint Resolutions, originally codified as Titles 10.1 to 10.10 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina 1962, and now codified as Title 36 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976.