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Session Laws, 1937
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HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 237

record in this state, or in a grand jury investigation which
has commenced or is about to commence, a judge of such court
may issue a certificate under the seal of the court stating
these facts and specifying the number of days the witness will
be required. Said certificate may include a recommendation
that the witness be taken into immediate custody and de-
livered to an officer of this state to assure his attendance in
this state. This certificate shall be presented to a judge
of a court of record in the county in which the witness is
found.

If the witness is summoned to attend and testify in this
state he shall be tendered the sum of ten cents a mile for
each mile by the ordinary traveled route to and from the
court where the prosecution is pending, and five dollars for
each day that he is required to travel and attend as a witness.
A witness who has appeared in accordance with the pro-
visions of the summons shall not be required to remain with-
in this state a longer period of time than the period mentioned
in the certificate, unless otherwise ordered by the Court. If
such witness, after coming into this state, 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 state.

560C. EXEMPTION FROM ARREST AND SERVICE OF PROCESS.
If a person comes into this state in obedience to a summons
directing him to attend and testify in this state he shall not
while in this state pursuant to such summons be subject to
arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection
with matters which arose before his entrance into this state
under the summons.

If a person passes through this state while going to another
state in obedience to a summons to attend and testify in
that state or while returning therefrom, he shall not while
so passing through this state be subject to arrest or the
service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters
which arose before his entrance into this state under the
summons.

 

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