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TO AMEND SECTION 22-3-1000, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE TIME PERIOD FOR MAKING A MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE MOTION MUST BE MADE WITHIN TEN DAYS FROM THE RENDERING OF THE JUDGMENT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 22-3-1000 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 22-3-1000. No motion for a new trial may be heard unless made within five ten days from the rendering of the judgment. The right of appeal from the judgment exists for thirty days after the rendering of the judgment. A magistrate's order of restitution may be appealed within thirty days. The order of restitution may be appealed separately from an appeal, if any, relating to the conviction."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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