WRONGFUL REFUSAL TO TESTIFY.

SEC. 5447. WRONGFUL REFUSAL TO TESTIFY. Subchapter X of chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 931c (article 131c of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as added by section 5446 of this Act, the following new section (article): “SEC. 931d. [10 U.S.C. 931d] Art. 131d. Wrongful refusal to testify “Any person subject to this chapter who, in the presence of a court-martial, a board of officers, a military commission, a court of inquiry, a preliminary hearing, or an officer taking a deposition, of or for the United States, wrongfully refuses to qualify as a witness or to answer a question after having been directed to do so by the person presiding shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.” .