New Jersey § 18A:6-21 Proceedings against recalcitrant witnesses

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§ 18A:6-21 — Proceedings against recalcitrant witnesses

New Jersey § 18A:6-21

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 18A:6-21 (2026).

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18A:6-21. If a person subpoenaed to attend at any such hearing fails to obey the command of the subpoena, without reasonable cause, or if a person in attendance at any such hearing refuses without lawful cause to be examined or to answer a legal or pertinent question, or to exhibit any book, or other document, when ordered to do so by the officer holding such hearing, they or he may apply to any judge of the Superior Court, upon proof by affidavit of the facts, for an order returnable in such time as such judge shall fix, directing such person to show cause before such judge why he should not comply with such subpoena. L.1967, c.271; amended 1991,c.91,s.233.

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18A:6-21. If a person subpoenaed to attend at any such hearing fails to obey the command of the subpoena, without reasonable cause, or if a person in attendance at any such hearing refuses without lawful cause to be examined or to answer a legal or pertinent question, or to exhibit any book, or other document, when ordered to do so by the officer holding such hearing, they or he may apply to any judge of the Superior Court, upon proof by affidavit of the facts, for an order returnable in such time as such judge shall fix, directing such person to show cause before such judge why he should not comply with such subpoena. L.1967, c.271; amended 1991,c.91,s.233.