South Carolina Statutes
§ 14-5-190 — Assignment or appointment when Chief Justice is not available.
Should there be a vacancy in the office of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or in case of his absence from the State or of his illness or incapacity from whatever cause, then the power and authority vested and the duties imposed upon the Chief Justice by the provisions of Sections 14-5-160 to 14-5-180 shall be exercised and discharged by the senior associate justice of the Supreme Court in point of service who is at the time within the State and is not ill or otherwise incapacitated and his acts in exercising such powers and discharging such duties shall be as effectual as though performed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 15-219; 1952 Code SECTION 15-219; 1942 Code SECTION 44; 1932 Code SECTION 44; Civ. P. '22 SECTION 42; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 3840; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 2743; G. S. 2123; R. S. 2254; 1896 (22) 11; 1925 (34) 5; 1929 (36) 258; 1931 (37) 257; 1935 (39) 55.
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§ 14-5-110
Qualification by circuit judge.§ 14-5-120
Salaries of judges.§ 14-5-130
Repealed.§ 14-5-180
Assignment of disengaged circuit judge or appointment of special judge when docket is overcrowded.§ 14-5-20
Seals of courts of common pleas.§ 14-5-200
Compensation of special judge.§ 14-5-310
Rules of court.