Statutes, codes, and regulations
Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976
Title 24 - CORRECTIONS, JAILS, PROBATIONS, PAROLES AND PARDONSChapter 3 - STATE PRISON SYSTEM
Article 5 - CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Section 24-3-540 - Death chamber; expenses incurred in transporting criminal to place of execution

S.C. Code § 24-3-540

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Current through 2024 Act No. 120.
Section 24-3-540 - Death chamber; expenses incurred in transporting criminal to place of execution

The Department of Corrections shall provide a death chamber and all necessary appliances for inflicting this penalty and pay the costs thereof out of any funds in its hands. The expense of transporting an inmate to the state prison system must be borne by the county in which the offense was committed.

S.C. Code § 24-3-540

Amended by 2010 S.C. Acts, Act No. 237 (SB 217), s 25, eff. 6/11/2010.
1993 Act No. 181, Section 421; 1960 (51) 1917; 1912 (27) 702; Cr. C. '22 Section 971; 1932 Code Section 1987; 1942 Code Section 1987; 1952 Code Section 55-374; 1962 Code Section 55-374.