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Statutes > Michigan > Chapter-780 > Act-161-of-1967 > Section-780-112UNIFORM RENDITION OF PRISONERS AS WITNESSES IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 161 of 1967
780.112 Uniform rendition of prisoners as witnesses in criminal proceedings act; definitions.
Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a) “Witness” means a person who is confined in a penal institution in any state and whose testimony is desired in another state in any criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in any criminal action before a court.
(b) “Penal institutions” includes a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction or other place of penal detention.
(c) “State” includes any state of the United States, the district of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory of the United States.
History: 1967, Act 161, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967
