§ 7. — Witnesses before arbitrators; fees; compelling attendance.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 9USC7]
TITLE 9--ARBITRATION
CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 7. Witnesses before arbitrators; fees; compelling
attendance
The arbitrators selected either as prescribed in this title or
otherwise, or a majority of them, may summon in writing any person to
attend before them or any of them as a witness and in a proper case to
bring with him or them any book, record, document, or paper which may be
deemed material as evidence in the case. The fees for such attendance
shall be the same as the fees of witnesses before masters of the United
States courts. Said summons shall issue in the name of the arbitrator or
arbitrators, or a majority of them, and shall be signed by the
arbitrators, or a majority of them, and shall be directed to the said
person and shall be served in the same manner as subpoenas to appear and
testify before the court; if any person or persons so summoned to
testify shall refuse or neglect to obey said summons, upon petition the
United States district court for the district in which such arbitrators,
or a majority of them, are sitting may compel the attendance of such
person or persons before said arbitrator or arbitrators, or punish said
person or persons for contempt in the same manner provided by law for
securing the attendance of witnesses or their punishment for neglect or
refusal to attend in the courts of the United States.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 392, 61 Stat. 672; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, Sec. 14,
65 Stat. 715.)
Derivation
Act Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 213, Sec. 7, 43 Stat. 884.
Amendments
1951--Act Oct. 31, 1951, substituted ``United States district court
for'' for ``United States court in and for'', and ``by law for'' for
``on February 12, 1925, for''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 5 section 578.
