South Carolina Const. art. V, § 23

South Carolina Constitution

Article V, § 23 — Change of venue

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It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to pass laws for the change of venue in all cases, civil and criminal, upon proper showing, supported by affidavit, that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the county where such action or prosecution was commenced. The State shall have the same right to move for a change of venue that a defendant has for such offenses as the General Assembly may prescribe.

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It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to pass laws for the change of venue in all cases, civil and criminal, upon proper showing, supported by affidavit, that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the county where such action or prosecution was commenced. The State shall have the same right to move for a change of venue that a defendant has for such offenses as the General Assembly may prescribe.

History

(1972 (57) 3176; 1973 (58) 161; 1985 Act No. 9.)

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South Carolina Const. art. V, § 23, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/constitution/sc/V/23.