The director or any assistants or agents appointed to conduct examinations may summon and compel the attendance of witnesses to testify in relation to any matter which is, by the provisions of this title or by any other insurance laws of this State, a subject of inquiry and investigation. The director or his designee has the power of a circuit judge to punish for contempt any witness failing to answer any summons or failing or refusing to testify when so required. The director or any assistants or agents appointed to conduct examinations may also administer oaths and affirmations to persons appearing as witnesses before them, and false testimony in any matter or proceeding is considered perjury and must be punished in accordance with the laws of this State.
HISTORY: 1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code Section 37-61; 1960 (51) 1646; 1962 Code Section 37-68; 1976 Code Section 38-3-180; 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 532.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 3 - The Department Of Insurance
Section 38-3-10. Department of Insurance and Insurance Commission established.
Section 38-3-40. Compensation and expenses of Commission members.
Section 38-3-60. Powers and duties of Commission and Director of the Department of Insurance.
Section 38-3-110. Duties of Director of the Department of Insurance.
Section 38-3-120. Oath and bond of director.
Section 38-3-130. Actuaries, examiners, clerks, and employees.
Section 38-3-140. Violations considered committed in part at office of director.
Section 38-3-160. Administration of oaths.
Section 38-3-170. Notice of hearings.
Section 38-3-180. Summoning witnesses; contempt; perjury.
Section 38-3-190. Mileage payments for witnesses.
Section 38-3-200. Orders must be in writing and signed.
Section 38-3-210. Petition for judicial review of order or decision; effect as stay.
Section 38-3-220. Certificates and papers of director as evidence.
Section 38-3-230. Director's certificate as evidence of authority to do business.
Section 38-3-240. Conversion of licenses to biennial fee collection period; particular fee periods.
Section 38-3-410. Promulgation of emergency regulations on declaration of state of emergency.
Section 38-3-420. Adoption of procedures to facilitate recovery by way of emergency regulations.
Section 38-3-440. Promulgation of regulations to implement article.