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2023 Tennessee Code
Title 40 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (§§ 40-1-101 — 40-39-306)
Chapter 17 - EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES (§§ 40-17-101 — 40-17-212)
Part 2 - UNIFORM LAW TO SECURE ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES (§§ 40-17-201 — 40-17-212)
Section 40-17-206 - Penalty for failure to obey summons
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TN Code § 40-17-206 (2023)
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If the witness who is summoned as provided in §§ 40-17-203 - 40-17-205, after being paid or tendered, by some properly authorized person, compensation in accordance with title 24, chapter 4 for expenses incurred for each day the witness is required to travel and attend as a witness, fails without good cause to attend and testify as directed in the summons, the witness shall be punished in the manner provided for the punishment of any witness who disobeys a summons issued from a court of record in this state.
Acts 1939, ch. 148, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 11979.3; Acts 1971, ch. 119, § 1; 1979, ch. 392, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-2434.
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