Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 73-403 – Failure to comply with subpoena
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In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to, any person, the Court of Chancery, upon application by the Director, may issue to the person an order requiring that person to appear before the Court of Chancery or the designated officer, there to produce documentary evidence if so ordered or to give evidence touching the matter under investigation or in question. Failure to obey the order of the Court may be punished by the Court as a contempt of Court.
78 Del. Laws, c. 175, §§ ?115, 118; 79 Del. Laws, c. 182, § ?3;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 73-403
- Director: means the Investor Protection Director, the principal executive officer of the Investor Protection Unit designated in § 73-102 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 73-103
- 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.
- Person: means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint stock company, a trust where the interests of the beneficiaries are evidenced by a security, an unincorporated organization, a government, or a political subdivision of a government. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 73-103
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.