West Virginia Statutes
§ 15-1E-47 — Refusal to appear or testify
(a)Any person not subject to this article who:
(1)Has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to produce books and records before a court-martial or court of inquiry, or before any military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before such a court;
(2)Has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates allowed to witnesses attending a criminal court of the state; and
(3)Willfully neglects or refuses to appear, or refuses to qualify as a witness or to testify or to produce any evidence which that person may have been legally subpoenaed to produce; may be punished by the military court in the same manner as a criminal court of the state.
(b)The fees and mileage of witnesses shall be advanced or paid out of the approp
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Legislative History
2010 Reg. Sess., HB4504; 1982 Reg. Sess., SB143
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