1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 26
  3. CHAPTER 2
  4. Part 4
  5. 26-2-401 Right of witness to protection from harassment

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 26. EVIDENCE

CHAPTER 2. SUBPOENAS AND WITNESSES

Part 4. Protection of Witnesses

Right Of Witness To Protection From Harassment

26-2-401. Right of witness to protection from harassment. It is the right of a witness to be protected from irrelevant, improper, or insulting questions and from harsh or insulting demeanor; to be detained only so long as the interests of justice require it; to be examined only as to matters legal and pertinent to the issue.

History: En. Sec. 3402, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 8031, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 10675, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 2066; re-en. Sec. 10675, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-2101-3.