S.C. Code Ann. § 14-11-70
No person while he holds the office of full time master shall practice or be a partner with anyone engaged in the practice of law in this State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-1812; 1952 Code Section 15-1812; 1942 Code Section 3683; 1932 Code Section 3690; Civ. C. '22 Section 2227; Civ. C. '12 Section 1378; Civ. C. '02 Section 971; G. S. 783; R. S. 842; 1840 (11) 171 Section 30; 1878 (16) 609 Section 5; 1909 (26) 179; 1910 (26) 642; 1911 (27) 84; 1912 (27) 554; 1914 (28) 510; 1916 (29) 796, 798; 1920 (31) 964; 1925 (34) 97; 1926 (34) 1014; 1927 (35) 280; 1928 (35) 1162; 1979 Act No. 164 Part II Section 8, eff July 1, 1979.
The 1979 amendment made the limitation applicable only to full time masters and deleted provisions limiting the ban on the practice of law to certain types of cases in certain courts.