§ 14-227 — Failing to attend as witness before legislative committees

North Carolina § 14-227

• Jurisdiction: North Carolina
• Ch. 14: Criminal Law
• Art. 30: Obstructing Justice
• Subch. VIII: offenses against public justice

Text

If any person shall willfully fail or refuse to attend or produce papers, on summons of any committee of investigation of either house of the General Assembly, either select or committee of the whole, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Legislative History

(1869-70, c. 5, s. 2; Code, s. 2854; Rev., s. 3692; C.S., s. 4381; 1993, c. 539, s. 140; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)