Code of Virginia - Title 19.2 Criminal Procedure - Section 19.2-279 Penalty for failure of such witnesses to testify

§ 19.2-279. Penalty for failure of such witnesses to testify

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, § 19.1-276; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.)

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