Federal · Title 10 — Armed Forces

10 U.S.C. § 931d: Art. 131d. Wrongful refusal to testify

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A military person who wrongfully refuses to testify or answer questions when directed before military courts or proceedings may be punished as a court-martial directs.

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Any person subject to this chapter who, in the presence of a court-martial, a board of officers, a military commission, a court of inquiry, a preliminary hearing, or an officer taking a deposition, of or for the United States, wrongfully refuses to qualify as a witness or to answer a question after having been directed to do so by the person presiding shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

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