South Carolina § 16-25-80 Effect on enforcement of contempt orders and police arrest powers; construction with assault and battery and other criminal offenses.

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§ 16-25-80 — Effect on enforcement of contempt orders and police arrest powers; construction with assault and battery and other criminal offenses.

South Carolina § 16-25-80

Title 16CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Ch. 25DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 16-25-80 (2026).

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Nothing in this article affects or limits the powers of any court to enforce its own orders by civil or criminal contempt or the powers of the police to make other lawful arrests. Nothing in this article may be construed to repeal, replace, or preclude application of any other provisions of law pertaining to assault, assault and battery, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, or other criminal offenses.

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Nothing in this article affects or limits the powers of any court to enforce its own orders by civil or criminal contempt or the powers of the police to make other lawful arrests. Nothing in this article may be construed to repeal, replace, or preclude application of any other provisions of law pertaining to assault, assault and battery, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, or other criminal offenses.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 484, SECTION 1; 1994 Act No. 519, SECTION 1; 2003 Act No. 92, SECTION 3, eff January 1, 2004. Editor's Note 2010 Act No. 273, SECTION 7.C, provides: "Wherever in the 1976 Code of Laws reference is made to the common law offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, it means assault and battery with intent to kill, as contained in repealed Section 16-3-620, and, except for references in Section 16-1-60 and Section 17-25-45, wherever in the 1976 Code reference is made to assault and battery with intent to kill, it means attempted murder as defined in Section 16-3-29."