Disobedience To Summons Issued By Congress
On Criminal Law
ARTICLE 150.
ACTS PUNISHABLE:
1. Disobedience w/o legal excuse to summons issued by the Congress or any of
its committees or subcommittees;
2. Refusal of any person present before a legislative or constitutional body or official to:
(a) to be sworn or placed under affirmation;
(b) to answer any legal inquiry; or
(c) to produce books, documents, records etc. when required to do so by the said
bodies in the exercise of their functions;
3. Restraining another from attending as witness in such body; or
4. Inducing disobedience to a summons or refusal to be sworn.
Note:
The testimony of a person summoned must be upon matters into which the
legislature has jurisdiction to inquire.
ACTS PUNISHABLE:
1. Disobedience w/o legal excuse to summons issued by the Congress or any of
its committees or subcommittees;
2. Refusal of any person present before a legislative or constitutional body or official to:
(a) to be sworn or placed under affirmation;
(b) to answer any legal inquiry; or
(c) to produce books, documents, records etc. when required to do so by the said
bodies in the exercise of their functions;
3. Restraining another from attending as witness in such body; or
4. Inducing disobedience to a summons or refusal to be sworn.
Note:
The testimony of a person summoned must be upon matters into which the
legislature has jurisdiction to inquire.
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