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–527– -527§ 4333. Witness from another State summoned to testify in the Canal Zone If a person in any State, which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within its borders to attend and testify ih criminal prosecutions in the Canal Zone, is a material witness in a prosecution originally triable and pending in the district court, the judge of the district court may issue a certificate under the seal of the court stating these facts and specifying the number of days the witness will be required. The certificate may include a recommendation that the witness be taken into immediate custody and delivered to an officer of the Canal Zone to assure his attendance in the Canal Zone. The certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the county in which the witness is found. If a witness is summoned to attend and testify in the Canal Zone he shall be tendered the sum of 10 cents a mile for each mile by the ordinary traveled route to and from the district court and five dollars for each day that he is required to travel and attend as a witness. A witness who has appeared in accordance with the provisions of the summons shall not be required to remain within the Canal Zone a longer period of time than the period mentioned in the certificate, unless otherwise ordered by the court. If the witness, after coming into the Canal Zone, fails without good cause to attend and testify as directed in the summons, he shall be punished in the manner provided for the punishment of any witness who disobeys a summons issued from the district court. A certificate need not be issued pursuant to this section if it appears that the attendance of the witness can be obtained under Rule 17 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. § 4334. Exemption from arrest and service of process If a person comes into the Canal Zone in obedience to a summons directing him to attend and testify in the Canal Zone he shall not while in the Canal Zone pursuant to such summons be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into the Canal Zone under the summons. If a person passes through the Canal Zone while going to another State in obedience to a summons to attend and testify in that State or while returning therefrom, he is not while so passing through the Canal Zone subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into the Canal Zone under the summons. § 4335. Uniformity of interpretation This subchapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of the States which enact it. §4336. Short title This subchapter may be cited as the Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of "Witnesses from Without a State in Criminal Proceedings. CHAPTER 219--JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION; APPEALS SUBCHAPTER I

See. 4371. 4372. 4373. 4374. 4375. 4376. 4377.

JUDGMENT; APPEALS

Circumstances in aggravation or mitigation of punishment. Imprisonment for nonpayment of fine and costs in district court. Imprisonment for nonpayment of fine in magistrate's court. Discharge of indigent prisoner. Mitigation of punishment when act already punished as contempt. Discharge or detention of defendant after acquittal. Appeals by Government of the Canal Zone.

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