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S.C. Code Ann. § 19-9-50

Delivery of witness to custody of officer of requesting state

Known as the Uniform Act

The act spans §§ 19–19 (13 sections).

1962 Code SECTION 26-305; 1952 Code SECTION 26-305; 1948 (45) 1810.

If said certificate recommends that the witness be taken into immediate custody and delivered to an officer of the requesting state to assure his attendance in the requesting state, such judge may, in lieu of notification of the hearing, direct that such witness be forthwith brought before him for such hearing. And the judge at the hearing, being satisfied of the desirability of such custody and delivery, for which determination the certificate shall be prima facie proof of such desirability, may, in lieu of issuing a subpoena or summons, order that such witness be forthwith taken into custody and delivered to an officer of the requesting state.

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