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2018 Code of Virginia
Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 16 - Evidence and Witnesses
§ 19.2-279. Penalty for failure of such witnesses to testify
Universal Citation: VA Code § 19.2-279 (2018)
If such witness, after coming into this Commonwealth, fails without good cause to attend and testify as directed in the summons, he 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 Commonwealth.
Code 1950, ยง 19.1-276; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
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