S.C. Const. art. XVII, § 1B
- Constitution
- Constitution of South Carolina
- Text as of
- October 2026
What does this section say?
Property qualifications; term of office; dueling. No property qualification, unless prescribed in this Constitution, shall be necessary for an election to or the holding of any office. No person shall be elected or appointed to office in this State for life or during good behavior, but the terms of all officers shall be for some specified period, except Notaries Public and officers in the Militia. After the adoption of this Constitution any person who shall fight a duel or send or accept a challenge for that purpose, or be an aider or abettor in fighting a duel, shall be deprived of holding any office of honor or trust in this State, and shall be otherwise punished as the law shall prescribe. (1970 (56) 2684; 1971 (57) 315.)
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