40.153. Witness, willful failure to appear or to produce evidence, penalty — prosecutor shall prosecute.
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40.153. Witness, willful failure to appear or to produce evidence, penalty — prosecutor shall prosecute. — 1. Any person not subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 is guilty of a class C misdemeanor who:
(1)Has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to produce books and records before a military court 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 the circuit courts of this 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.
2. Upon the certification of the facts under subsection 1 of this section by the military judge or summary court officer to the prosecuting attorney of the county where the offense occurred, the prosecuting attorney shall prosecute.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 48)