California Government Code 9409.5 – No witness is privileged to refuse to testify to any fact, or to …
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No witness is privileged to refuse to testify to any fact, or to produce any paper, respecting which he or she shall be examined by the Senate, Assembly, or a committee, upon the ground that the testimony to the fact or the production of the paper may tend to disgrace the witness or otherwise render the witness infamous.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1672, Sec. 1.5.)
Terms Used In California Government Code 9409.5
- committee: means a committee of either the Senate or Assembly, a joint committee of both houses, or, when any of the foregoing committees is authorized to create subcommittees, a subcommittee. See California Government Code 9400
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.