South Carolina § 22-3-950 Contempt of court.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 22-3-950 — Contempt of court.

South Carolina § 22-3-950

Title 22MAGISTRATES AND CONSTABLES

Ch. 3JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE IN MAGISTRATES' COURTS

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S.C. Code Ann. § 22-3-950 (2026).

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Every magistrate shall have power to enforce the observance of decorum in his court while holding the same and for that purpose he may punish for contempt any person who, in the presence of the court, shall offer an insult to the magistrate or a juror or who is wilfully guilty of an undue disturbance of the proceedings before the magistrate while sitting officially. A magistrate shall have the power to punish for contempt of court by imposition of sentences up to the limits imposed on magistrates' courts in Section 22-3-550.

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Every magistrate shall have power to enforce the observance of decorum in his court while holding the same and for that purpose he may punish for contempt any person who, in the presence of the court, shall offer an insult to the magistrate or a juror or who is wilfully guilty of an undue disturbance of the proceedings before the magistrate while sitting officially. A magistrate shall have the power to punish for contempt of court by imposition of sentences up to the limits imposed on magistrates' courts in Section 22-3-550.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 43-134; 1952 Code SECTION 43-134; 1942 Code SECTION 3713; 1932 Code SECTION 3713; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 2247; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 1397; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 989; G. S. 844; R. S. 887; 1839 (11) 27; 1997 Act No. 64, SECTION 3.