New Jersey Statutes 17:9A-263. Immunity of person testifying
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:9A-263
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
Any person who has violated any provision of this act shall be a competent witness and compellable to testify in an examination as provided in sections two hundred sixty and two hundred sixty-one, but, when so compelled to testify, such person shall not be liable to criminal prosecution under this act or otherwise, for any matters in respect to which he shall be examined or to which his testimony shall relate except as provided in section two hundred sixty-two.
L.1948, c. 67, s.263; amended 1953, c.17, s.40.