774.9 Authority of municipal court judge to issue subpoena and administer oaths in misdemeanor and ordinance violation cases. Sec. 9. A judge of a municipal court has the same authority to issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of a witness and to administer oaths in misdemeanor or ordinance violation cases as a district court judge has in misdemeanor or ordinance violation cases which are tried in the district court. History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17434 ;-- CL 1948, 774.9 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981 Former Law: See section 24 of Ch. 94 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 3947; CL 1871, § 5548; How., § 7116; CL 1897, § 1042; and CL 1915, § 15792.
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