South Carolina § 25-1-2745 - Refusal to appear or testify.
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§ 25-1-2745. Refusal to appear or testify.
Any person not subject to the Code of Military Justice is guilty of an offense against the State if:
(1) he has been duly subpoenaed in accordance with the laws of this State 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) wilfully 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.
Any person who commits an offense named in this section must be tried in a circuit court of this State, and jurisdiction is conferred upon that court for that purpose. Upon conviction, such a person must be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
The attorney general or his designated representative shall, upon the certification of the facts to him by the military court, prosecute any person violating this section.
HISTORY: [Derived from former SECTION 25-1-2990 (1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code SECTION 44-205; 1962 Code SECTION 44-201; 1964 (53) 2241)] En by 1984 Act No. 378, SECTION 28.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 25-1-2745 ("Refusal to appear or testify.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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