Sec. 1725.
If any witness attending pursuant to a subpoena, or brought before any court, judge, officer, commissioner, or before any person before whom depositions may be taken, refuses without reasonable cause
(1) to be examined, or
(2) to answer any legal and pertinent question, or
(3) to subscribe his deposition after it has been reduced to writing, the officer issuing the subpoena shall commit him, by warrant, to the common jail of the county in which he resides. He shall remain there until he submits to be examined, or to answer, or to subscribe his deposition, as the case may be, or until he is discharged according to law.
History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961
Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)
236-1961-17 - Chapter 17 Contempts (600.1701...600.1745)
Section 600.1711 - Summary Punishment; Hearing.
Section 600.1715 - Contempt; Punishment; Fine; Probation; Performance of Act or Duty.
Section 600.1721 - Payment of Damages; Effect.
Section 600.1725 - Witnesses; Refusal to Testify; Penalty.
Section 600.1731 - Publication as to Court of Record; Hearing by Judge of Another Court.
Section 600.1735 - Arrest on Bench Warrant; Duties of Sheriff.
Section 600.1741 - Arrest on Bench Warrant; Illness of Arrested Person.
Section 600.1745 - Indictment for Contemptuous Conduct; Sentence.