{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-12.1-10-03","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-10-03","heading":"Refusal to testify","body":"1.A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if, without lawful privilege, he refuses:\na.To answer a question pertinent to the subject under inquiry in an official proceeding before the legislative assembly, or one of its session or interim committees, and continues in such a refusal after the presiding officer directs him to answer, and advises him that his continuing refusal may make him subject to criminal prosecution; or\nb.To answer a question in any other official proceeding and continues in such refusal after a court or judge directs or orders him to answer and advises him that his continuing refusal may make him subject to criminal prosecution.\n2.It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that the defendant complied with the direction or order before his refusal to do so substantially affected the proceeding.","path":["Title 12.1 Criminal Code","Chapter 12.1-10 Contempt - Obstruction Of Judicial Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t12-1c10.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"746d0db7db950ed1406abbb7b616a2112c696514fdf0435085c73deece028aa2","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-12.1-10-02","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-12.1-10-04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}