2013 US Code
Title 2 - The Congress
Chapter 12 - CONTESTED ELECTIONS (§§ 381 - 396)
Section 390 - Penalty for failure to appear, testify, or produce documents

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 2 - THE CONGRESS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 2 - THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 12 - CONTESTED ELECTIONS
Sec. 390 - Penalty for failure to appear, testify, or produce documents
Containssection 390
Date2013
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 2014
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 91-138, §11, Dec. 5, 1969, 83 Stat. 288.
Statutes at Large Reference83 Stat. 288
Public Law ReferencePublic Law 91-138

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Penalty for failure to appear, testify, or produce documents - 2 U.S.C. § 390 (2013)
§390. Penalty for failure to appear, testify, or produce documents

Every person who, having been subpenaed as a witness under this chapter to give testimony or to produce documents, willfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the contested election case, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by fine of not more than $1,000 nor less than $100 or imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than twelve months, or both.

(Pub. L. 91–138, §11, Dec. 5, 1969, 83 Stat. 288.)

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