2019 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 22 - Magistrates and Constables
Chapter 5 - Magistrates' Powers And Duties In Criminal Matters
Section 22-5-720. Recognizances of witnesses.
Magistrates in counties in which a county court has been established under the provisions of Chapter 9 of Title 14 shall, in binding over witnesses to appear and testify on behalf of the State before the county court in cases wherein the punishment exceeds a fine of one hundred dollars or imprisonment for thirty days, insert a provision in the recognizance requiring such witnesses to appear and testify in such case before the grand jury at the next ensuing term of the circuit court when the next ensuing term of the circuit court is appointed by law to be held before a term of the county court.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 43-262; 1952 Code Section 43-262; 1942 Code Section 94; 1932 Code Section 94; Civ. P. '22 Section 91; Civ. C. '12 Section 3866; Civ. C. '02 Section 2769; 1900 (23) 322.
