Tennessee § 40-17-206 - Penalty for failure to obey summons.
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§ 40-17-206. Penalty for failure to obey summons.
If the witness who is summoned as provided in §§ 40-17-203 — 40-17-205 , after being paid or tendered, by some properly authorized person, compensation in accordance with title 24, chapter 4 for expenses incurred for each day the witness is required to travel and attend as a witness, fails without good cause to attend and testify as directed in the summons, the witness shall be punished in the manner provided for the punishment of any witness who disobeys a summons issued from a court of record in this state. Acts 1939, ch. 148, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 11979.3; Acts 1971, ch. 119, § 1; 1979, ch. 392, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-2434. Textbooks. Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), § 23.32. Law Reviews. The Tennessee Court System — Criminal Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 319.
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