§ 71-5-139. Subpoenas [Repealed effective July 1, 2010].
In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, any court in this state within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on, or within the jurisdiction of which the person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the department, the Board of Review, any referee, or any duly authorized representative of any of them, shall have jurisdiction to issue to such person an order requiring such person to appear before the department, the Board of Review, any referee, or any duly authorized representative of any of them, there to produce evidence if so ordered or there to give testimony touching the matter under investigation or in question. Any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof. Any person who shall, without just cause, fail or refuse to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records if it is in his power so to do, in obedience to a subpoena of the department, the Board of Review, any referee, or any duly authorized representative of any of them, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or by imprisonment for not longer than sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and each day such violation continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 7416; Laws, 1940, ch. 295, § 9; Laws, 1948, ch. 412, § 6k; Laws, 1952, ch. 383, § 4k; Laws, 1958, ch. 533, § 6k; Laws, 1962, ch. 564, § 3k; Laws, 2004, ch. 572, § 30; reenacted without change, Laws, 2008, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 30, § 30, eff from and after July 1, 2008.
§ 71-5-139. Subpoenas [Repealed effective July 1, 2010].
In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, any court in this state within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on, or within the jurisdiction of which the person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the department, the Board of Review, any referee, or any duly authorized representative of any of them, shall have jurisdiction to issue to such person an order requiring such person to appear before the department, the Board of Review, any referee, or any duly authorized representative of any of them, there to produce evidence if so ordered or there to give testimony touching the matter under investigation or in question. Any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof. Any person who shall, without just cause, fail or refuse to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records if it is in his power so to do, in obedience to a subpoena of the department, the Board of Review, any referee, or any duly authorized representative of any of them, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or by imprisonment for not longer than sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and each day such violation continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 7416; Laws, 1940, ch. 295, § 9; Laws, 1948, ch. 412, § 6k; Laws, 1952, ch. 383, § 4k; Laws, 1958, ch. 533, § 6k; Laws, 1962, ch. 564, § 3k; Laws, 2004, ch. 572, § 30; reenacted without change, Laws, 2008, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 30, § 30, eff from and after July 1, 2008.
§ 71-5-139. Subpoenas [Repealed effective July 1, 2010].
In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, any court in this state within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on, or within the jurisdiction of which the person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the department, the Board of Review, any referee, or any duly authorized representative of any of them, shall have jurisdiction to issue to such person an order requiring such person to appear before the department, the Board of Review, any referee, or any duly authorized representative of any of them, there to produce evidence if so ordered or there to give testimony touching the matter under investigation or in question. Any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof. Any person who shall, without just cause, fail or refuse to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records if it is in his power so to do, in obedience to a subpoena of the department, the Board of Review, any referee, or any duly authorized representative of any of them, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or by imprisonment for not longer than sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and each day such violation continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 7416; Laws, 1940, ch. 295, § 9; Laws, 1948, ch. 412, § 6k; Laws, 1952, ch. 383, § 4k; Laws, 1958, ch. 533, § 6k; Laws, 1962, ch. 564, § 3k; Laws, 2004, ch. 572, § 30; reenacted without change, Laws, 2008, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 30, § 30, eff from and after July 1, 2008.
