S.C. Code Ann. § 14-8-220
The Court and each of the judges thereof shall have the same power at chambers or in open court to administer oaths, and to issue such remedial writs as are necessary to give effect to its jurisdiction. An appeal shall be allowed from decision of any one judge to a panel of the Court.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part IV-A Section 1, eff July 1, 1979; 1979 Act No. 194 Part III Section 5, apparently effective Aug. 8, 1979; 1983 Act No. 89 Section 1, eff June 2, 1983; 1983 Act No. 90 Section 2, eff July 1, 1985.
The 1979 amendment substituted the words "effect to its jurisdiction" for the words "it a general superintendence and control of jurisdictions inferior to it and in matters of which it has exclusive appellate jurisdiction."
The first 1983 amendment substituted "and each of the judges thereof shall have the same power at chambers or in open court to administer oaths," for "shall have authority" and substituted "and to issue such remedial" for "to grant injunctions and issue writs of habeas corpus and such other remedial and original" respectively in the first sentence, and added the concluding sentence.
The second 1983 amendment made no changes to this section.