2 U.S.C. § 390 — Penalty for failure to appear, testify, or produce documents
submitted 57 years ago by Pub. L. 91-138 to r/title-2-THE-CONGRESS · 71 words · no verdicts yet
A subpoenaed witness who willfully skips out, or refuses to answer relevant questions, commits a misdemeanor. The penalty is a $100 to $1,000 fine, one to twelve months in prison, or both.
If someone is subpoenaed as a witness under this chapter and willfully fails to show up or produce documents, that's a misdemeanor. It's also a misdemeanor if the person appears but refuses to answer a question relevant to the contested election* case. The penalty is a fine of no less than $100 and no more than $1,000, imprisonment of one to twelve months, or both.
Every person who, having been subpenaed as a witness under this chapter to give testimony or to produce documents, willfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the contested election* case, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by fine of not more than $1,000 nor less than $100 or imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than twelve months, or both.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 91–138, § 11, Dec. 5, 1969, 83 Stat. 288.)
- 1969Enacted · Pub. L. 91-138 · 83 Stat. 288
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 91-138 on 1969-12-05.
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