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N.Y. Military Law § 130.47: Refusal to appear or testify

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  1. Military Law
  2. Article 7. Code of Military Justice
  3. Part 7. Trial Procedure

§ 130.47. Refusal to appear or testify. Every person not subject to

this code who (a) has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to

produce books and records before any military court or board or before

any military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read

in evidence before such military court or board; and

(b) has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness

at the rates allowed to witnesses attending the supreme court of the

state; and

(c) willfully neglects or refuses to appear, or refuses to qualify as

a witness or to testify or to produce any evidence which such person may

have been duly subpoenaed to produce shall be deemed guilty of an

offense against the state and may be punished by the supreme court of

the county in which such military court or board was convened or in

which such military or civil officer is located, in the same manner and

to the same extent as provided for the failure to appear, refusal to

qualify as a witness or to testify or refusal or failure to produce any

evidence which such person may have been duly subpoenaed to produce, in

actions or proceedings in the supreme court of the state.

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