Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 20.15. When Witness Refuses To Testify

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Art. 20.15. [387] [438] [426] WHEN WITNESS REFUSES TO 
TESTIFY.  When a witness, brought in any manner before a grand 
jury, refuses to testify, such fact shall be made known to the 
attorney representing the State or to the court;  and the court may 
compel the witness to answer the question, if it appear to be a 
proper one, by imposing a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, 
and by committing the party to jail until he is willing to testify.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.             

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