Food & Agr. Code, § 56501 · Article 15. Contempt
Food & Agr. Code, § 56501
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If any person in any proceedings before the director disobeys or resists any lawful order, refuses to respond to a subpoena, refuses to take the oath or affirmation as a witness or thereafter refuses to be examined, or is guilty of misconduct during a hearing or so near the place of the hearing as to obstruct the proceeding, the director shall certify the facts to the superior court in and for the county where the proceedings are held.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.
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- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=56501.
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