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S.D. Codified Laws § 19-2-11

Self-incrimination provisions not applicable to perjury prosecutions

Source: PenC 1877, § 767; CL 1887, § 6959; RPenC 1903, § 806; RC 1919, § 3623; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 36.0405.

The various statutes, which declare that evidence obtained upon the examination of a person as a witness shall not be received against him in any criminal proceeding, do not forbid such evidence being proved against such person upon any proceedings founded upon a charge of perjury committed in such examination.

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