§124A-72 - Refusal to appear or testify. - Hawaii Statutes

     [§124A-72]  Refusal to appear or testify.  Any person not subject to this chapter who:

     (1)  Has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to produce books and records before a military court or before any military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before such a court;

     (2)  Has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates allowed to witnesses attending the circuit court; and

     (3)  Wilfully neglects or refuses to appear, or refuses to qualify as a witness or to testify or to produce any evidence which that person may have been legally subpoenaed to produce;

is guilty of an offense against the State and a military court may punish the person in the same manner as the civil courts of the State. [L 1982, c 171, pt of §2; gen ch 1985]