19-5-7. Disobedience of subpoena or refusal to testify as contempt.
Disobedience of a subpoena, or a refusal to be sworn, or to answer as a witness, or to subscribe a deposition, when lawfully ordered, may be punished as a contempt of the court or officer, by whom his attendance or testimony is required.
Source: CCivP 1877, §453; CL 1887, §5267; RCCivP 1903, §493; RC 1919, §2740; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §36.0304.