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§ 2-6-6 Refusal to testify or produce evidence before Legislature as misdemeanor.

SD Codified L § 2-6-6 (2019) (N/A)
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2-6-6. Refusal to testify or produce evidence before Legislature as misdemeanor. Any person who, being present before either house of the Legislature or any committee thereof authorized to summon witnesses, willfully refuses to be sworn or affirmed, or to answer any material and proper question, or to produce upon reasonable notice any material or proper books, papers, or documents in his possession or under his control, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SDC 1939, § 13.1011; SL 1980, ch 24, § 23; SL 1985, ch 17, § 4.

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