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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 19 EVIDENCE
Chapter 13. Privileges
§19-13-18 (Rule 505(c)) Persons entitled to claim religious privilege.
SD Codified L § 19-13-18 (through 2011) What's This?
19-13-18. (Rule 505(c)) Persons entitled to claim religious privilege. The privilege described by § 19-13-17 may be claimed by the person, by his guardian or conservator, or by his personal representative if he is deceased. The person who was the clergyman at the time of the communication is presumed to have authority to claim the privilege but only on behalf of the communicant.
Source: CCivP 1877, § 61; CL 1887, § 4857; RCCivP 1903, § 67; SL 1909, ch 293, § 1; RC 1919, §§ 2296, 2305; SL 1925, ch 217, § 1; SDC 1939, §§ 33.0232 (2), 33.0237; SL 1945, ch 144; SL 1961, ch 177, §§ 1, 3; SL 1965, ch 160; SDCL, §§ 15-2-2, 15-2-7; Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 505 (c).
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