Page:1973 North Dakota Session Laws.pdf/242

242|CHAPTER 116|CRIMES authority, a court orders attendance or the production of information.

(4) An official proceeding before an authorized agency.

(5) An official proceeding which otherwise is made expressly subject to this section.

b. "Authorized agency" means an agency authorized by statute to issue subpoenas or similar process supported by the sanctions of this section.

c. "Information" means a book, paper, document, record, or other tangible object.

12,1-10-03 REFUSAL TO TESTIFY.) 1. A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if, without lawful privilege, he refuses:

a. To answer a question pertinent to the subject under inquiry in an official proceeding before the legislative assembly, or one of its session or interim committees, and continues in such a refusal after the presiding officer directs him to answer, and advises him that his continuing refusal may make him subject to criminal prosecution; or

b. To answer a question in any other official proceeding and continues in such refusal after a court or judge directs or orders him to answer and advises him that his continuing refusal may make him subject to criminal prosecution.

2. It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that the defendant complied with the direction or order before his refusal to do so substantially affected the proceeding.

12.1-10-04. HINDERING PROCEEDINGS BY DISORDERLY CONDUCT.)

1. A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if he intentionally hinders an official proceeding by noise or violent or tumultuous behavior or disturbance.

2. A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if he recklessly hinders an official proceeding by noise or violent or tumultuous behavior or disturbance.

12.1-10-05. DISOBEDIENCE OF JUDICIAL ORDER,) 1. A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if he disobeys or resists a lawful temporary restraining order or preliminary or final injunction or other final order, other than for the payment of money, of a court of this state.

2. Notwithstanding the limitations of section 12.1-32-01, the defendant may be sentenced to pay a fine in any amount deemed just by the court.