1. Those who, having been legally summoned and under warning, fail to appear before a Committee of Inquiry of the Spanish Parliament or of a Legislative Assembly of an Autonomous Community, shall be punished as guilty of the crime of disobedience. If the offender is a public authority or official, they shall also be subject to suspension from employment or public office for a period of six months to two years.
2. The same penalties shall apply to any authority or official who obstructs the investigation of the Ombudsman, the Court of Auditors, or equivalent bodies of the Autonomous Communities, by refusing or unduly delaying the submission of the reports they request or by hindering their access to the files or administrative documentation necessary for such investigation.
3. Anyone summoned before a parliamentary committee of inquiry who gives false testimony shall be punished with imprisonment for six months to one year or a fine of 12 to 24 months.