Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 43 – Facts and statistics; seal; testimony; sources confidential
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 43
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Oath: includes an affirmation, when affirmation is allowed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
The director may furnish a written or printed list of interrogatories for the purpose of gathering such facts and statistics as are contemplated, to any person, or the proper officer of any corporation operating within the State, and may require full and complete answers thereto under oath. The director shall have a seal, and may take and preserve testimony, issue subpoenas, administer oaths and examine witnesses under oath in all matters relating to the duties required of the bureau. Such testimony must be taken in some suitable place in the vicinity to which the testimony is applicable. Witnesses summoned and testifying before the director must be paid, from any funds at the disposal of the bureau, the same fees as witnesses before the Superior Court. In the report, except safety and health reports, names of individuals, firms or corporations supplying the information called for by this section may not be used unless by written permission, such information being confidential and not for the purpose of disclosing personal affairs. [PL 2013, c. 473, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1971, c. 620, §13 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 473, §1 (AMD).