Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-414

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Penalties

Official statutory text

Every person who having been summoned as a witness by the

authority of either house of the Legislature, to give testimony or

produce papers upon any matter under inquiry before either house, or

any committee of either house of the Legislature, willfully makes

default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question

pertinent to the question under inquiry, shall be deemed guilty of a

misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than Five Thousand

Dollars ($5,000.00) nor less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and

imprisonment in a county jail for not less than one (1) month nor

more than twelve (12) months.

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