{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-22-5-360","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 22-5-360","heading":"Penalty for failing to hold preliminary examination.","body":"If any magistrate fails to hold a preliminary examination or have it waived by setting a date for such preliminary examination and to return such papers and report thereon to the clerk, as directed in this Code, he shall be subject to the payment of a fine of five dollars for every such default, within the discretion of the court to which a rule thereof shall be made returnable.","path":["Title 22 - MAGISTRATES AND CONSTABLES","CHAPTER 5 Magistrates' Powers and Duties in Criminal Matters","ARTICLE 5 Preliminary Examinations"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t22c005.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:49:14Z","sha256":"3b8574622b8d8e8ca7279ae25b2fbc0d28603973874a22eb65e9b3376162c806","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-22-5-350","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-22-5-510"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}