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38 U.S.C. § 5713 — Disobedience to subpoena

submitted 68 years ago by Pub. L. 85-857 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 114 words · no verdicts yet

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This section addresses Disobedience to subpoena. It states the rules, duties, permissions, limits, and procedures for that subject.

In case of disobedience to any such subpoena, the aid of any district court of the United States can be invoked in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence, and such court within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on can, in case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any officer, agent, or employee of any corporation or to any other person, issue an order requiring such corporation or other person to appear or to give evidence touching the matter in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court can be punished by such court as a contempt of it.

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In case of disobedience to any such subpoena, the aid of any district court of the United States may be invoked in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence, and such court within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on may, in case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any officer, agent, or employee of any corporation or to any other person, issue an order requiring such corporation or other person to appear or to give evidence touching the matter in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1237, § 3313; renumbered § 5713, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102–54, § 14(d)(6)(A), (B), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 286.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1958Enacted · Pub. L. 85-857 · 72 Stat. 1237
  • 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-40 · 105 Stat. 238
  • 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-54 · 105 Stat. 286

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 85-857 on 1958-09-02.

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