{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-15-1e-47","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 15-1E-47","heading":"Refusal to appear or testify.","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 a 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 the 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; may be punished by the military court in the same manner as a criminal court of the state.\n(b) The fees and mileage of witnesses shall be advanced or paid out of the appropriations for the compensation of witnesses.","path":["CHAPTER 15. PUBLIC SAFETY.","ARTICLE 1E. CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/15-1E-47/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:22:37Z","sha256":"a234374efd633c0ae1e9adc2b278de07e835ded2a2e26e1fa318a356f3a6f895","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-15-1e-46","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-15-1e-48"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}