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Kentucky Revised Statutes
Title 38 - WITNESSES, EVIDENCE, NOTARIES, COMMISSIONERS OF FOREIGN DEEDS, AND LEGAL NOTICES
Chapter 421 - WITNESSES
Section 421.140 - Refusal of witness to testify - Imprisonment

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 421.140

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Current through 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 225
Section 421.140 - Refusal of witness to testify - Imprisonment

If a witness refuses to testify, or to be sworn, or to give a deposition, he shall be imprisoned so long as he refuses, or until he testifies before an officer who is authorized to take his testimony. The final disposition of the case in which he so refuses shall discharge him from imprisonment.

KRS 421.140

Effective:1/2/1978
Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 423, effective1/2/1978. -- Transferred 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1, effective 7/1/1953, from C.C. sec. 538.