§ 3599.37

laws.
Effective: September 29, 2007
Legislation: House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly


(A) No person having been subpoenaed or ordered to appear before a grand jury, court, board, or
officer in a proceeding or prosecution upon a complaint, information, affidavit, or indictment for an
offense under an election law shall do either of the following:


(1) Fail to appear or, having appeared, refuse to answer a question pertinent to the matter under
inquiry or investigation;


(2) Refuse to produce, upon reasonable notice, any material, books, papers, documents, or records in
that person's possession or under that person's control.


(B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section, unless the violator personally appears before the
grand jury, court, board, or officer and asserts the protection of the violator's constitutional rights,
is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.




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