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S.C. Code § 16-9-330

Refusal or wilful failure to obey subpoena; refusal to take oath or answer questions as required by court

South Carolina · South Carolina Code Title 16, Chapter 9 — Offenses Against Public Justice · Status: effective

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S.C. Code § 16-9-330, Refusal or wilful failure to obey subpoena; refusal to take oath or answer questions as required by court, South Carolina, version 1 as recorded 2026-09-28, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1571981
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Any person who: (a) Being duly served with a subpoena legally issued in any cause pending in any court or in any matter before any legal authority, shall refuse or wilfully fail to obey such subpoena or shall secret himself shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both; (b) Being present before any court and being called upon to give testimony, shall refuse to take an oath or affirmation or, being sworn or affirmed, shall refuse to answer any questions required by such court shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. Nothing in this item shall be construed to prohibit or punish the exercise by any person of his right not to be compelled to incriminate himself, as set forth in the Constitutions of this State and the United States and construed by the courts of this State and the United States.