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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 16 COURTS AND JUDICIARY
Chapter 15. Contempt And Offenses Against The Judiciary
§16-15-8 False report of judicial proceedings as misdemeanor--Fair report not punishable.
SD Codified L § 16-15-8 (through 2011) What's This?
16-15-8. False report of judicial proceedings as misdemeanor--Fair report not punishable. Every person guilty of any contempt of court by the publication of a false or grossly inaccurate report of the proceedings of any court, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. But no person can be punished as for a contempt, in publishing a true, full, and fair report of any trial, argument, decision, or proceeding had in court.
Source: PenC 1877, § 202, subdiv 7; CL 1887, § 6402, subdiv 7; RPenC 1903, § 205, subdiv 7; RC 1919, § 3793 (7); SDC 1939, § 13.1235 (7); SL 1979, ch 150, § 12.
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