§ 12-414. Penalties.  


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  • Every person who having been summoned as a witness by the authority of either house of the Legislature, to give testimony or produce papers upon any matter under inquiry before either house, or any committee of either house of the Legislature, willfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the question under inquiry, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) nor less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and imprisonment in a county jail for not less than one (1) month nor more than twelve (12) months.

Added by Laws 1957, p. 168, § 4.