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Arkansas Code of 1987
Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTSSubtitle 4 - EVIDENCE AND WITNESSESChapter 43 - WITNESSES GENERALLY
Subchapter 2 - SECURING ATTENDANCE GENERALLY
Section 16-43-206 - Discharge of contempt order

Ark. Code § 16-43-206

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Current with legislation from 2024 effective through May 3, 2024.
Section 16-43-206 - Discharge of contempt order

A witness imprisoned or fined for contempt by an officer before whom his or her deposition is being taken may apply to the circuit judge, who shall have power to discharge the witness if it appears that the imprisonment is illegal.

Ark. Code § 16-43-206

Civil Code, §§ 587, 590-592; C. & M. Dig., §§ 4163, 4166-4168; Pope's Dig., §§ 5173, 5176-5178; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 28-512, 28-515 -- 28-517; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 315.