HRS §124B-190
Punishment for refusing to testify at military hearings
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If you are covered by this chapter and you are at a military court or hearing, you must answer questions when told to. If you wrongly refuse to become a witness or answer, a court-martial can punish you.
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The statute, as written — Wrongful refusal to testify
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Any person subject to this chapter who, in the presence of a court-martial, a board of officers, a court of inquiry, preliminary hearing, or an officer taking a deposition, of or for the State or for the United States, wrongfully refuses to qualify as a witness or to answer a question after having been directed to do so by the person presiding shall be punished as directed by a court-martial.
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