South Carolina § 58-27-2060 Self-incrimination; immunity from prosecution.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 58-27-2060 — Self-incrimination; immunity from prosecution.

South Carolina § 58-27-2060

Title 58PUBLIC UTILITIES, SERVICES AND CARRIERS

Ch. 27ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-2060 (2026).

Text

No person is excused from testifying or from producing any book, document, paper, or account in any hearing before the commission, when ordered to do so, upon the ground that the testimony or evidence, book, document, paper, or account required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to penalty or forfeiture; but no person shall be prosecuted, punished, or subjected to any forfeiture or penalty for or on account of any act, transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he shall have been compelled under oath to testify or produce documentary evidence. But no person so testifying is exempt from prosecution or punishment for any perjury committed by him in his testimony.

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No person is excused from testifying or from producing any book, document, paper, or account in any hearing before the commission, when ordered to do so, upon the ground that the testimony or evidence, book, document, paper, or account required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to penalty or forfeiture; but no person shall be prosecuted, punished, or subjected to any forfeiture or penalty for or on account of any act, transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he shall have been compelled under oath to testify or produce documentary evidence. But no person so testifying is exempt from prosecution or punishment for any perjury committed by him in his testimony.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 24-146; 1952 Code SECTION 24-146; 1942 Code SECTION 8555-5; 1932 (37) 1497; 2006 Act No. 318, SECTION 212, eff May 24, 2006.