Upon receipt of any such paper, the solicitor immediately must apply to a circuit judge at chambers in that circuit, or to the nearest circuit judge if there is none in that circuit, for an order or injunction restraining the defendants, their servants, or agents from keeping, receiving, bartering, selling, or giving away alcoholic liquors until the further order of the court or perpetually after hearing after notice to the defendant. The circuit judge must grant the restraining order or injunction without requiring a bond or undertaking upon the hearing or receipt by him of the magistrate court papers from the solicitor. A violation of the restraining order or injunction is considered a contempt of court and punishable as contempt by the court or another circuit judge, as for the violation of an order or injunction.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages
Section 61-8-10. Common nuisances.
Section 61-8-20. Arrest warrants and search warrants.
Section 61-8-30. Disposition; binding over for trial.
Section 61-8-40. Restraining orders or injunctions.
Section 61-8-50. Contempt proceedings.