South Carolina § 22-5-140 Arrests by magistrates to preserve the peace.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 22-5-140 — Arrests by magistrates to preserve the peace.

South Carolina § 22-5-140

Title 22MAGISTRATES AND CONSTABLES

Ch. 5MAGISTRATES' POWERS AND DUTIES IN CRIMINAL MATTERS

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 22-5-140 (2026).

Text

Any magistrate shall command all persons who, in his view, may be engaged in riotous or disorderly conduct to the disturbance of the peace, to desist therefrom and shall arrest any such person who shall refuse obedience to his command and commit to jail any such person who shall fail to enter into sufficient recognizance either to keep the peace or to answer to an indictment, as the magistrate may determine.

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Any magistrate shall command all persons who, in his view, may be engaged in riotous or disorderly conduct to the disturbance of the peace, to desist therefrom and shall arrest any such person who shall refuse obedience to his command and commit to jail any such person who shall fail to enter into sufficient recognizance either to keep the peace or to answer to an indictment, as the magistrate may determine.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 43-214; 1952 Code SECTION 43-214; 1942 Code SECTION 938; 1932 Code SECTION 938; Cr. P. '22 SECTION 34; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 35; Cr. C. '02 SECTION 26; G. S. 836; R. S. 25; 1830 (11) 21.