Securing the attendance of witnesses; securing certain testimony
§ 370.1. Securing the attendance of witnesses; securing certain testimony. 1. The provisions of article six hundred twenty of the criminal procedure law concerning the securing of attendance of witnesses by material witness order shall apply to proceedings under this article.
2. Article six hundred sixty, six hundred seventy and six hundred eighty of the criminal procedure law concerning the securing of testimony for use in a subsequent proceeding, the use of testimony given in a previous proceeding and the examination of witness by commission shall apply to proceedings under this article.
3. The provisions of the uniform act to secure attendance of witnesses from without the state in criminal cases, as incorporated in article six hundred forty of the criminal procedure law, shall apply to proceedings under this article.
Borrows CPL provisions: material witness orders (Art. 620), conditional examinations/prior testimony (Arts. 660, 670, 680), and the uniform out-of-state witness act (Art. 640) all apply.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 5 — The JG-22 Family Court Act and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.