S.C. Code Ann. § 24-3-520
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SECTION 24-3-520. Transportation of inmate sentenced to death.
Official statutory text
The facility manager who has custody of an inmate for the county in which the inmate is sentenced shall transfer the inmate as soon as practical to the custody of the Department of Corrections at a place designated by its director, unless otherwise directed by the Governor or unless a stay of execution has been caused by appeal or the granting of a new trial or other order of a court of competent jurisdiction. Effect of Amendment The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.
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