In case of failure on the part of any person to comply with any lawful order of the commission or of any commissioner or with any subpoena or subpoena duces tecum or in the case of the refusal of any witness to testify concerning any matter on which he may be interrogated lawfully, any court of record of general jurisdiction, or a judge thereof, may, on application of a party requesting a subpoena, compel obedience by proceedings for contempt as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from such court or a refusal to testify therein. The commission must not be a party to any proceeding.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-141; 1952 Code Section 24-141; 1942 Code Section 8555-5; 1932 (37) 1497; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 207, eff May 24, 2006.