774.10 Jurors or witness; failure to appear or refusal to be sworn or to testify; liability. Sec. 10. If a person is summoned to appear before a municipal court pursuant to this chapter as a juror or witness and fails to appear, or if the person appears but refuses to be sworn or to testify, the person shall be liable to the same penalties and may be proceeded against in the same manner as provided by law with respect to jurors and witnesses in civil proceedings in the district court. History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17435 ;-- CL 1948, 774.10 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981 Former Law: See section 25 of Ch. 94 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 3948; CL 1871, § 5549; How., § 7117; CL 1897, § 1043; and CL 1915, § 15793.
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