South Carolina Statutes
§ 22-3-790 — Recording and acknowledgement of testimony by witnesses.
South Carolina·Title 22 MAGISTRATES AND CONSTABLES·Ch. 3 JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE IN MAGISTRATES' COURTS
In the trial of any case before a magistrate the testimony of all witnesses must be taken down in writing and signed by the witnesses except when the defendant waives the taking and signing of the testimony. In any case before any magistrate in which a stenographer takes down the testimony or in which the testimony is electronically recorded it need not be read over and signed by the witnesses.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 43-122; 1952 Code SECTION 43-122; 1942 Code SECTION 932; 1936 (39) 1435; 1987 Act No. 49, SECTION 2.
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