California Government Code 9408 – If the contempt is committed before a committee when the Legislature …
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If the contempt is committed before a committee when the Legislature is not in session, the superior court in and for the county in which any inquiry, investigation, hearing or proceeding may be held by the committee may compel the attendance of the witness, the giving of testimony, and the production of books, papers, documents and accounts, as required by the subpena issued by the committee, on the filing by the committee of a petition to the court asking that the witness be so compelled.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
Terms Used In California Government Code 9408
- committee: means a committee of either the Senate or Assembly, a joint committee of both houses, or, when any of the foregoing committees is authorized to create subcommittees, a subcommittee. See California Government Code 9400
- County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.