§ 859 Contempts.

If you're involved in a court case and a judge or referee gives you an order, you have to follow it. This applies whether you're one of the people suing or being sued, or if you're just a witness in the case.

If you get properly served with an order and you don't follow it, the judge can punish you for contempt of court. This means ignoring a judge's order isn't something you can just brush off. There are real consequences for not following instructions that come from the court, no matter what role you play in the case.