South Dakota Code § 33-10-138

Refusal to appear or testify
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Any person not subject to this code who:
(1) Has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to produce books and records before a court-martial or court of inquiry, or before any military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before such a court; and
(2) 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;
may be punished by the military court in the same manner as a criminal court of the state.

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