{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-38-2-1047","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1047","heading":"Refusal to appear or testify; penalty.","body":"(a) Any person not subject to this article who:\n(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 court;\n(2) Has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates allowed to witnesses attending a criminal court of this state; and\n(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\nshall be punished by the military court in the same manner as a criminal court of this state.\n(b) The fees and mileage of witnesses shall be advanced or paid out of the appropriations for the compensation of witnesses or other appropriate funds.","path":["TITLE 38 Military, Emergency Management, and Veterans Affairs","CHAPTER 2 Military Affairs","Article 5 Code of Military Justice","PART 7 Trial Procedures"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.38.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"46bcdb7fe3e34f71a44960bcceef293bda891f2c520ce0da795ee5f80142338d","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-38-2-1046.1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-38-2-1048"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}