Section 9-201 - Summons for attendance.
§ 9-201. Summons for attendance.
(a) Issuance by judge.- A judge may issue summons for the attendance of a party, witnesses, or for the production of evidence in a case before the court. No judge may issue a blank summons.
(b) Failure of witness to appear.- If a witness is summoned to attend a court and without sufficient excuse neglects to appear, he may be attached and fined an amount not exceeding $300. He is liable to answer the party for whom he was summoned in an action upon the case for the damage sustained for failure to appear to testify according to the summons.
[An. Code 1957, art. 26, § 148; art. 35, § 14; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 2, § 1; 1974, ch. 691, § 8.]