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S.D. Codified Laws § 21-34-12

Judicial power to enforce own order unaffected

Source: SDC 1939, § 65.0107.

Nothing contained in this chapter shall affect or regulate the power of any court to punish contempts of such court for violation of any of its own rules, regulations, orders, judgments, decrees, commands, or judicial functions in cases where such jurisdiction inheres in the court as part of its judicial powers or jurisdiction, or is otherwise given to it as original contempt jurisdiction by statute, but the procedure in such cases shall be according to such inherent jurisdiction or statutory jurisdiction of such court as otherwise provided.

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