If the examination under § 23A-27A-27 finds that the defendant is pregnant the execution of the sentence shall be suspended by the sentencing court. The defendant may not be executed until a new warrant of death sentence and execution is received from the sentencing court so directing.

Source: SL 1939, ch 135 , § 9; SDC Supp 1960, § 34.37A09; SDCL § 23-49-16; SL 1979, ch 160 , § 30; SL 2008, ch 117 , § 20.