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S.D. Codified Laws § 33-10-138

Refusal to appear or testify

Known as the Uniform State Code

The act spans §§ 33-10-1 to 33-10-99 (287 sections).

Source: SL 2012, ch 175, § 119.

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 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; and

(2) 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.

Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.