No sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, city marshal, chief of police or other police officer who receives a salary or who is to be otherwise compensated as a law enforcement officer in connection with the same criminal case by the state, county, city or town shall be paid any fee for testifying as a witness in a criminal case, except that any police officer who is on vacation, furlough or on time off who attends as a witness in a criminal case pending in any municipal, district or superior court shall, upon order of the court, be paid a witness fee in accordance with RSA592-A:12 for each day of such attendance; provided, however, towns and cities may pay supplemental witness fees if deemed desirable.
RSA 592-A:13
1951, 163:16, par. 12-b. RSA 592:14. 1957, 244:8. 1971, 473:1. 1973, 499:1. 1974, 29:4, eff. June 1, 1974.