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S.C. Code Ann. § 16-25-80

Effect on enforcement of contempt orders and police arrest powers; construction with assault and battery and other criminal offenses

1984 Act No. 484, SECTION 1; 1994 Act No. 519, SECTION 1; 2003 Act No. 92, SECTION 3, eff January 1, 2004.

Nothing in this article affects or limits the powers of any court to enforce its own orders by civil or criminal contempt or the powers of the police to make other lawful arrests.

Nothing in this article may be construed to repeal, replace, or preclude application of any other provisions of law pertaining to assault, assault and battery, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, or other criminal offenses.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.