Rhode Island § 30-13-50 - Rhode Island Code of Military Justice
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§ 30-13-50. Rhode Island Code of Military Justice
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-50
§ 30-13-50. Refusal to appear or testify.
Any person not subject to this code 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 a military court;
(2) Has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates allowed to witnesses attending the superior courts 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;
is guilty of an offense against the state and a military court may punish that person in the same manner as the civil courts of the state.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-50; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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