§ 31-246 — Enforcement of subpoena.

In case of contumacy by any person, or his refusal to obey a subpoena issued to him under section 31-245, any court of this state within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on or within the jurisdiction of which such person guilty of contumacy or of refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by a referee, the chairman of the board or the administrator, shall have jurisdiction to issue to such person an order requiring him to appear before the referee, the board, the administrator or any examiner, there to produce evidence if so ordered or there to give testimony concerning the matter under investigation or in question; and any person failing to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as for contempt thereof. Any person who, without just cause, fails to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda or other records, if it is in his power to do so, in obedience to a subpoena issued to him under said section 31-245, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 7518; P.A. 74-339, S. 19, 36.) History: P.A. 74-339 replaced references to unemployment commissioners with references to referees, the board and its chairman. Cited. 192 C. 581.