Section 774.9 - Authority of municipal court judge to issue subpoena and administer oaths in misdemeanor and ordinance violation cases.
THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (EXCERPT)
Act 175 of 1927
774.9 Authority of municipal court judge to issue subpoena and administer oaths in misdemeanor and ordinance violation cases.
Sec. 9.
A judge of a municipal court has the same authority to issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of a witness and to administer oaths in misdemeanor or ordinance violation cases as a district court judge has in misdemeanor or ordinance violation cases which are tried in the district court.
History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17434 ;-- CL 1948, 774.9 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981
Former Law: See section 24 of Ch. 94 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 3947; CL 1871, § 5548; How., § 7116; CL 1897, § 1042; and CL 1915, § 15792.