119.345 Witness not exempted from giving incriminating testimony -- Immunity except from perjury charge. - Kentucky Statutes

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119.345 Witness not exempted from giving incriminating testimony -- Immunity except from perjury charge. (1) At the discretion of the prosecuting attorney, in any prosecution under the election laws it shall be no exemption for a witness that his information may criminate
himself, and no such information given by a witness shall be used against him in
any prosecution, except for perjury, and if used on behalf of the Commonwealth he
shall stand discharged from all penalties for any violation of the election laws so
necessarily disclosed in the information he so discloses as tending to convict the
accused. (2) The statement of any person testifying in any case pending under the provisions of KRS 121.025, 121.045, 121.055, or subsection (1) of KRS 121.310 shall not be
used against him in any prosecution or civil proceeding. Effective: July 15, 1988
History: Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 341, sec. 39, effective July 15, 1988. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 95.