Any person not subject to this code who:

(1)  Has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to produce books and records before a military court or before any military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before a military court;

(2)  Has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates allowed to witnesses attending the superior courts of the state; and

(3)  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;

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 30-13-50

  • 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: refers to any or all of the armed forces;
    (15) "Military court" means a court-martial, a court of inquiry, or a provost court;
    (16) "Officer" means commissioned or warrant officer;
    (17) "Rank" means the order of precedence among members of the state military forces;
    (18) "Shall" is used in an imperative sense;
    (19) "State judge advocate" means the commissioned officer on the staff of the adjutant general responsible for supervising military justice in the state military forces;
    (20) "State military forces" means the national guard of the state, as defined in 32 U. See Rhode Island General Laws 30-13-1
  • Military court: means a court-martial, a court of inquiry, or a provost court;
    (16) "Officer" means commissioned or warrant officer;
    (17) "Rank" means the order of precedence among members of the state military forces;
    (18) "Shall" is used in an imperative sense;
    (19) "State judge advocate" means the commissioned officer on the staff of the adjutant general responsible for supervising military justice in the state military forces;
    (20) "State military forces" means the national guard of the state, as defined in 32 U. See Rhode Island General Laws 30-13-1
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.

is guilty of an offense against the state and a military court may punish that person in the same manner as the civil courts of the state.

History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-50; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.