1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 5
  3. CHAPTER 5
  4. Part 4
  5. 5-5-417 Proceedings on failure to appear

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 5. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

CHAPTER 5. LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES

Part 4. Impeachment

Proceedings On Failure To Appear

5-5-417. Proceedings on failure to appear. If the defendant does not appear, the senate, upon proof of service or publication as provided in 5-5-414 and 5-5-415, may of its own motion or for cause shown assign another day for hearing the impeachment or may proceed in the absence of the defendant to trial and judgment.

History: En. Sec. 1506, Pen. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 8978, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 11674 R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pen. C. Sec. 742; re-en. Sec. 11674, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 94-5407, R.C.M. 1947; redes. 95-2807 by Sec. 29, Ch. 513, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 95-2807.