45 Penalty on witnesses making default.U.K.
If any person duly summoned to give evidence upon any such inquiry, and to whom a tender of his reasonable expences shall have been made, fail to appear at the time and place specified in the summons, without sufficient cause, or if any person, whether summoned or not, who shall appear as a witness refuse to be examined on oath touching the subject matter in question, every person so offending shall forfeit to the party aggrieved a sum not exceeding ten pounds, and, in addition to the penalty hereby imposed, shall be subject to the same regulations, pains, and penalties as if such witness, having been duly summoned, but failed to appear, or having appeared had refused to be examined, in any other cause.