Any person who has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness before a court-martial, military commission, court of inquiry or other military court or board, or before any military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before such a court, commission or board, or who has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates allowed to witnesses attending the courts of the state and who willfully 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 in contempt of court and may be punished in the same manner as if the contempt were committed before civil courts of this state.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 26-1047

  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Military: means any or all of the armed forces of this state, the United States or any other state. See Arizona Laws 26-1001
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215