Whenever it is provided in any statute in substance to the effect, that the failure to obey the process, subpoena, order, rule, regulation, judgment, or other legal command of any public officer, department, commission, board, or tribunal, or that violation of any statute may be punished as a contempt of court, or that obedience to anything may be commanded or violation of anything punished as a contempt of court and no other method is specifically provided for invoking the contempt process of the court, the same may be done as provided by this chapter.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 21-34-1

  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.

Source: SDC 1939, § 65.0107.