Sec. 11.5-5. - Witnesses; attendance; subpoenas.

Said court shall have the power to issue writs or summonses for witnesses and compel their attendance and to punish for contempt by fine or imprisonment. Said court may also issue writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum upon continuance of any complaint or proceeding before it; may take recognizance to the state with surety in such sum as said court shall think proper with condition to appear before said court and make further answer to such complaint or proceeding, and, in the meantime, to keep the peace; and, in want thereof, may commit the same to the state adult correctional institution until such recognizance shall be given or the parties lawfully discharged therefrom.

(Code 1970, § 11.5-3; Res. of 6-7-1988, § 1)