Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-8 – Information, investigation, hearings
For the purpose of enforcing this chapter, the board may:
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-8
- Board: means the board of agriculture of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Person: means any individual, firm, corporation, association, or partnership, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
- State: means the State of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing documentary evidence before the board in obedience to a subpoena of the board on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary, or otherwise, required of the person may tend to incriminate the person or subject the person to a penalty or forfeiture; but no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which the person is compelled, after having claimed the person’s privilege of self-incrimination, to testify, or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, before the board in obedience to a subpoena issued by the board; provided that no person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution for perjury committed in so testifying.
Witnesses summoned before the board shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the circuit courts of the State, and witnesses whose depositions are taken and the persons taking them shall severally be entitled to the same fees as are paid for like services in the courts.