§710-1072.5 Obstruction of justice. (1) A person commits the offense of obstruction of justice if the person intentionally engages in the following conduct: When called as a witness and having been granted immunity pursuant to chapters 480 and 621C before or after having been qualified as a witness, shall refuse to testify or be qualified as a witness when duly directed to testify or be qualified as a witness.

(2) Obstruction of justice is a class C felony. [L 1978, c 211, §1; am L 1980, c 173, §7; gen ch 1993]

Act 211, Session Laws 1978, added this section to provide for the situation where a person refuses to testify or be qualified as a witness after having been granted immunity, as distinguished from the situation where, under §710-1077(h), a person refuses to testify or be qualified as a witness without a grant of immunity. Senate Conference Committee Report No. 57-78, House Conference Committee Report No. 56.

Act 173, Session Laws 1980, added the reference to chapter 480 in view of the amendments to that chapter regarding immunity.