(1) Any person not subject to this chapter is guilty of an offense against the state when the person:
(a) Has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness before a court-martial, court of inquiry or any other military court or board, or before any military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before such a court, commission or board;
(b) Has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates allowed to witnesses attending the circuit court of the state in ORS 44.415 (2); and
(c) Willfully neglects or refuses to appear, or refuses to qualify as a witness or to testify or to produce any evidence which that person may have been legally subpoenaed to produce.
(2) Any person who commits an offense described in subsection (1) of this section shall be tried before the circuit court or judge thereof of the county where the offense occurred, and exclusive jurisdiction is conferred upon those courts for such purpose. Upon conviction, such a person shall be punished by a fine of not more than $2,500, or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
(3) The district attorney of the county in which the offense occurred, upon certification of the facts by the military court, court of inquiry or board, shall prosecute any person who commits the offense described in subsection (1) of this section. The fine shall be deposited in the General Fund of the State Treasury, to be available for general governmental expenses. [1961 c.454 §126; 1985 c.682 §33; 1989 c.980 §13; 2005 c.512 §23]
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