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2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures
CHAPTER 39 - EXECUTIONS AND JUDICIAL SALES GENERALLY
Section 15-39-490. Punishment for contempt.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 15-39-490 (2017)
If any person, party or witness disobeys an order of the judge or master, duly served, such person, party or witness may be punished by the judge or master as for a contempt. In all cases of commitment under this chapter the person committed may, in case of inability to perform the act required or to endure the imprisonment, be discharged from imprisonment by the court or judge committing him or the court in which the judgment was rendered, on such terms as may be just.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-1738; 1952 Code Section 10-1738; 1942 Code Section 755; 1932 Code Section 755; Civ. P. '22 Section 622; Civ. P. '12 Section 360; Civ. P. '02 Section 322; 1870 (14) 495 Section 328; 1979 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 20.
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