Connecticut General Statutes 31-246 – Enforcement of subpoena
In case of contumacy by any person, or his refusal to obey a subpoena issued to him under § 31-245, any court of this state within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on or within the jurisdiction of which such person guilty of contumacy or of refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by a referee, the chairman of the board or the administrator, shall have jurisdiction to issue to such person an order requiring him to appear before the referee, the board, the administrator or any examiner, there to produce evidence if so ordered or there to give testimony concerning the matter under investigation or in question; and any person failing to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as for contempt thereof. Any person who, without just cause, fails to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda or other records, if it is in his power to do so, in obedience to a subpoena issued to him under said § 31-245, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 31-246
- Administrator: means the Labor Commissioner. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-222
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Board: means the Employment Security Board of Review. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-237a
- 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.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Records: means the official records, files and data maintained by the Employment Security Division. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-237a
- Referee: means an employment security appeals referee. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-237a
- State: means any state of the United States and shall include the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on the day after the day on which the Secretary of Labor accepts an unemployment insurance law submitted by the Virgin Islands. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-222
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.