45:1-20 - Compelling testimony or production of book, paper or document; immunity from prosecution - New Jersey Statutes

45:1-20.  Compelling testimony or production of book, paper or document; immunity from prosecution    If any person shall refuse to testify or produce any book, paper, or other document in any proceeding under this act for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him, convict him of a crime, or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture, and shall, notwithstanding, be directed to testify or to produce such book, paper, or document by the Attorney General, he shall comply with such direction.

    A person who is entitled by law to, and does assert such privilege, and who  complies with such direction of the Attorney General shall not thereafter be  prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture in any criminal proceeding  which arises out of and relates to the subject matter of the proceeding.  No  person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution or punishment for perjury  or false swearing committed by him in giving such testimony or from any civil  or administrative action arising from such testimony.

     L.1978, c. 73, s. 7, eff. July 13, 1978.