South Carolina Code 15-17-560. Creditors allowed to examine applicants for discharge; penalty for refusal to answer
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 15-17-560
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- clerk: as used in this title , signifies the clerk of the court where the action is pending and, in the Supreme Court or the court of appeals, the clerk of the county mentioned in the title of the complaint or in another county to which the court may have changed the place of trial, unless otherwise specified. See South Carolina Code 15-1-60
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- property: as used in this Title , includes both real and personal property. See South Carolina Code 15-1-50
Any creditor of any person applying for the benefit of this article, either in person or by attorney, may examine and cross-examine such applicant on oath in the presence of the judge or the clerk of the court before whom he shall move for his discharge from imprisonment, touching the truth of his schedule and touching the nature and extent of his property, rights and credits liable to be assigned for the benefit of his creditors. And the refusal of any such applicant to answer, fully and directly, all or any proper questions put to him in the course of such examination shall prevent his discharge, if otherwise entitled thereto, until he shall have fully answered such questions.