Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5945 – Refusal of employee to testify
If any employee in the state service shall wilfully refuse or fail to appear before any court or judge, any legislative committee or any officer, board or body authorized to conduct any hearing or inquiry, or, having appeared, shall refuse to testify or answer any question relating to the affairs or government of the State or the conduct of any state officer or employee on the ground that the employee’s testimony or answers would tend to incriminate the employee or shall refuse to waive immunity from prosecution on account of any matter about which the employee may be asked to testify at any such hearing or inquiry, the employee shall forfeit the employee’s office or position and shall not be eligible thereafter for appointment to any position in the state service.
29 Del. C. 1953, § ?5945; 55 Del. Laws, c. 443, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5945
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Board: means the Merit Employee Relations Board created by this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5901
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- state service: means all positions of state employment other than the following positions, which are excluded:
(1) Members of the General Assembly and others elected by popular vote and persons appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5903
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.