South Carolina Constitution

Article I, § 21 — Martial law

South Carolina Const. art. I, § 21

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Full Text

No person shall in any case be subject to martial law or to any pains or penalties by virtue of that law, except those employed in the armed forces of the United States, and except the militia in actual service, but by the authority of the General Assembly.

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History

(1970 (56) 2684; 1971 (57) 315.)

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