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Disobedience to summons

Cap. 101, s. 264 · Revised Edition 2020

Every person who without reasonable excuse makes default in obeying any warrant, summons, process or order, lawfully issued or made for requiring his attendance as a witness at any judicial proceeding, or the production or giving of any evidence or thing at any judicial proceeding, is guilty of a misdemeanour punishable either on indictment or summarily, provided that the punishment on summary conviction shall not exceed three months’ imprisonment.
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