§ 192. — Refusal of witness to testify or produce papers.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC192]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 6--CONGRESSIONAL AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE; INVESTIGATIONS
Sec. 192. Refusal of witness to testify or produce papers
Every person who having been summoned as a witness by the authority
of either House of Congress to give testimony or to produce papers upon
any matter under inquiry before either House, or any joint committee
established by a joint or concurrent resolution of the two Houses of
Congress, or any committee of either House of Congress, willfully makes
default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question
pertinent to the question under inquiry, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 nor less than
$100 and imprisonment in a common jail for not less than one month nor
more than twelve months.
(R.S. Sec. 102; June 22, 1938, ch. 594, 52 Stat. 942.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 102 derived from act Jan. 24, 1857, ch. 19, Sec. 1, 11
Stat. 155.
Amendments
1938--Act June 22, 1938, reenacted section without change.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 194 of this title.
