12-17-121
Section 12-17-121 Punishment for contempt. The register, or the clerk if there is no register,
when holding a reference by order of the circuit court or when presiding on a show cause order
which by law may come before him, may punish for contempt, by fine not exceeding $10.00 and
by imprisonment not exceeding two days. (Code 1896, §668; Code 1907, §3086; Code 1923, §6517;
Code 1940, T. 13, §223.)...
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12-19-132
Section 12-19-132 Issuance to witness of certificate of sum entitled to for attendance, etc.;
proof of attendance by witness. (a) After the trial, continuance of the cause or discharge
of the witness, the clerk must, on his application and upon his oath, give the witness a certificate
setting forth the cause in which he was a witness, the party by whom he was summoned or on
whose request he attended, the number of day he attended as a witness and the sum to which
he is entitled for his attendance, travel, ferriage and tolls, which he must also enter, either
upon the subpoena docket or book to be kept for that purpose. (b) The witness must prove his
attendance within five days after his attendance as such witness. (Code 1852, §§2380, 2381;
Code 1867, §§2784, 2785; Code 1876, §§3133, 3134; Code 1886, §§2842, 2843; Code 1896,
§§1337, 1338; Code 1907, §§3674, 3675; Code 1923, §§7234, 7235; Code 1940, T. 11, §§45,
46.)...
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12-16-197
Section 12-16-197 Issuance of subpoenas for witnesses for grand jury generally; proceedings
upon failure of witnesses summoned to attend. The district attorney, the foreman of the grand
jury or the clerk of the court, on the application of the grand jury, must issue subpoenas
for any witnesses whom they may require to give evidence before them, and if witnesses so
summoned fail to attend, the subpoenas must be returned to the court, with the default thereon
endorsed, signed by the foreman, and the same proceedings may thereupon be had against them
as against defaulting witnesses, the endorsement of the foreman being presumptive evidence
of the default. (Code 1852, §551; Code 1867, §4101; Code 1876, §4774; Code 1886, §4347;
Code 1896, §5033; Code 1907, §7294; Code 1923, §8676; Code 1940, T. 30, §83.)...
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24-8-11
Section 24-8-11 Procedures for investigation; subpoenas. (a) In conducting an investigation,
the office shall have access at all reasonable times to premises, records, documents, individuals,
and other evidence or possible sources of evidence and may examine, record, and copy the materials
and take and record the testimony or statements of persons as are reasonably necessary for
the furtherance of the investigation, provided the office first complies with the constitutional
provisions relating to unreasonable searches and seizures. The office may issue subpoenas
to compel its access to or the production of the materials or the appearance of the persons
and may issue interrogatories to a respondent, to the same extent and subject to the same
limitations as would apply if the subpoenas or interrogatories were issued or served in aid
of a civil action in court. The office may administer oaths. Any examination, recording, copying
of materials, and the taking and recording of testimony or...
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12-1-8
Section 12-1-8 Cases in which courts may issue attachments and inflict summary punishment for
contempt. The powers of the several courts in this state to issue attachments and inflict
summary punishment for contempts shall not extend to any other cases than: (1) Disrespectful,
contemptuous or insolent behavior in court, tending in any way to diminish or impair the respect
due to judicial tribunals or to interrupt the due course of trial; (2) A breach of the peace,
boisterous conduct, violent disturbance or any other act calculated to disturb or obstruct
the administration of justice, committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as
to have that effect; (3) The misbehavior of any officer of the court in his official transactions
or the disobedience or resistance of any officer of the court, party, juror, witness or any
other person to any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree or command thereof; (4) Deceit
or the abuse of the process of the proceedings of the court by...
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12-22-111
Section 12-22-111 Issuance, execution and return of subpoenas for witnesses; liability of witnesses
failing to appear. In cases of appeal, the clerk of the court shall issue subpoenas for such
witnesses as may be required, both for the state and for the accused, returnable to the next
session of the court to which the appeal is taken, which subpoenas shall be executed by the
sheriff and returned to such circuit court. If witnesses so summoned fail to appear and testify
as required, they shall be liable to the same penalties, forfeitures and proceedings as if
the subpoenas had been issued out of the circuit court. (Code 1852, §506; Code 1867, §4056;
Code 1876, §4726; Code 1886, §4228; Code 1896, §4624; Code 1907, §6727; Code 1923, §3840;
Code 1940, T. 15, §360.)...
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23-1-368
Section 23-1-368 Investigations; administration of oaths; subpoena of witnesses; enforcement
of subpoena. The director may conduct investigations and hold inquiries relating to this article.
All investigations conducted shall be open to the public. The director may administer oaths
and affirmations, certify official acts, issue subpoenas, and compel the attendance and testimony
of witnesses and the production of papers, books, and documents. In case of failure to comply
with any subpoena or order issued under the authority granted by this article, the director
may invoke the aid of any circuit court of the state. The court may order the witness to comply
with the requirements of the subpoena or order or to give evidence relating to the matter
in question. Any failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as contempt
thereof. (Act 2000-220; p. 328, §21.)...
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43-8-192
Section 43-8-192 Drawing and summoning of jurors; penalty for default. (a) The jury for the
trial of such contest must be drawn and summoned as provided by law. (b) Any person summoned
as a juror who shall, without legal cause or good excuse, fail to attend at the time and place
required, shall be guilty of a contempt of court and may be punished by the court by a fine
of not exceeding $100.00. (Code 1852, §§1637-1639; Code 1867, §§1956-1958; Code 1876,
§§2320-2322; Code 1886, §§1991, 1992; Code 1896, §§4289, 4290; Code 1907, §§6198,
6199; Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §§10627, 10628; Code 1940, T. 61, §§54, 55;
Code 1975, §43-1-72.)...
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12-16-213
Section 12-16-213 Refusal of witness to testify before grand jury as to gaming or lottery.
Any person who is summoned as a witness before the grand jury to answer as to any gaming or
lottery within his knowledge and who fails or refuses to attend and testify in obedience to
such summons without a good excuse, to be determined by the court, is guilty of a contempt
and also a misdemeanor and, on conviction for such misdemeanor, shall be fined not less than
$20.00 nor more than $300.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to
hard labor for the county for not more than three months. (Code 1852, §38; Code 1867, §3579;
Code 1876, §4136; Code 1886, §4066; Code 1896, §4806; Code 1907, §995; Code 1923, §4245;
Code 1940, T. 14, §273; Code 1975, §13-7-30.)...
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34-24-361.1
Section 34-24-361.1 Hearings closed; confidentiality of certain records. All hearings conducted
by the commission shall be closed. The record in such hearings, including witness testimony,
exhibits, and pleadings, shall be confidential, shall not be public record, and shall not
be available for court subpoena or for discovery proceedings. All administrative complaints,
orders to show cause, notices of hearings, and statements of charges, and all amendments thereto,
and all orders of the commission which are dispositive of the issues raised thereby, shall
be public record. Nothing contained herein shall apply to records made in the regular course
of business of an individual; documents or records otherwise available from original sources
are not to be construed as immune from discovery or use in any civil proceedings merely because
they were presented or considered during the proceedings of the State Board of Medical Examiners
or the Medical Licensure Commission. (Act 2002-140, p. 359,...
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