16-15-8. False report of judicial proceedings as misdemeanor–Fair report not punishable.
Every person guilty of any contempt of court by the publication of a false or grossly inaccurate report of the proceedings of any court, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. But no person can be punished as for a contempt, in publishing a true, full, and fair report of any trial, argument, decision, or proceeding had in court.
Source: PenC 1877, §202, subdiv 7; CL 1887, §6402, subdiv 7; RPenC 1903, §205, subdiv 7; RC 1919, §3793 (7); SDC 1939, §13.1235 (7); SL 1979, ch 150, §12.