5-1-23 - Proceedings against recalcitrant witnesses. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 5-1-23. Proceedings against recalcitrant witnesses.
 

If any witness neglects or refuses to obey a subpoena, or, appearing, refuses to testify, the senate or house may, by a resolution entered on its journal, commit him for contempt, the commitment not to extend beyond the final adjournment of the session; and any witness neglecting and refusing to attend in obedience to a subpoena may be arrested by the sergeant-at-arms and brought before the senate or house; and a copy of the resolution of the senate or house, signed by the presiding officer thereof, and attested by the secretary or clerk, shall be sufficient authority to authorize such arrest. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1892, § 2656; 1906, § 3016; Hemingway's 1917, § 5404; 1930, § 5339; 1942, § 3336.