West Virginia Code § 15-1E-47

Refusal to appear or testify
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(a) Any person not subject to this article 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;
(2) Has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates allowed to
witnesses attending a criminal court of the state; and
(3) 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.
(b) The fees and mileage of witnesses shall be advanced or paid out of the appropriations for
the compensation of witnesses. l

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