Section 132 Of Chapter 5. Division Of Workers’ Compensation From California Labor Code >> Division 1. >> Chapter 5.
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. The superior court in and for the county in which any
proceeding is held by the appeals board or a workers' compensation
judge may compel the attendance of witnesses, the giving of testimony
and the production of papers, including books, accounts, and
documents, as required by any subpoena regularly issued hereunder. In
case of the refusal of any witness to obey the subpoena the appeals
board or the workers' compensation judge, before whom the testimony
is to be given or produced, may report to the superior court in and
for the county in which the proceeding is pending, by petition,
setting forth that due notice has been given of the time and place of
attendance of the witness, or the production of the papers, that the
witness has been subpoenaed in the prescribed manner, and that the
witness has failed and refused to obey the subpoena, or has refused
to answer questions propounded to him or her in the course of the
proceeding, and ask an order of the court, compelling the witness to
attend and testify or produce the papers before the appeals board.
The court shall thereupon enter an order directing the witness to
appear before the court at a time and place fixed in the order, the
time to be not more than 10 days from the date of the order, and then
and there show cause why he or she had not attended and testified or
produced the papers before the appeals board or the workers'
compensation judge. A copy of the order shall be served upon the
witness. If it appears to the court that the subpoena was regularly
issued hereunder and that the witness was legally bound to comply
therewith, the court shall thereupon enter an order that the witness
appear before the appeals board or the workers' compensation judge at
a time and place fixed in the order, and testify or produce the
required papers, and upon failure to obey the order, the witness
shall be dealt with as for contempt of court. The remedy provided in
this section is cumulative, and shall not impair or interfere with
the power of the appeals board or a member thereof to enforce the
attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, and to punish
for contempt in the same manner and to the same extent as courts of
record.