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S.C. Const. art. III, § 13
Punishment of persons not members
Each house may punish by imprisonment during its sitting any person not a member who shall be guilty of disrespect to the house by any disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its presence, or who, during the time of its sitting, shall threaten harm to the body or estate of any member for anything said or done in either house, or who shall assault any of them therefor, or who shall assault or arrest any witness or other person ordered to attend the house in his going thereto or returning therefrom, or who shall rescue any person arrested by order of the house: Provided, That such time of imprisonment shall not in any case extend beyond the session of the General Assembly.
History
For similar provisions in Constitution of 1868, see Const 1868, Art II, Section 16.
Provenance
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- scstatehouse.gov
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- 2026-09-25
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- 2026-09-25
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