New Jersey Statutes 4:12A-17. Incriminating testimony; immunity
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 4:12A-17
- 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.
- 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: 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
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
No person shall be excused from testifying or producing any book, paper, document or record when subpoenaed as aforesaid upon the ground that the testimony or documentary evidence required of him may incriminate him or subject him to any penalty or forfeiture, but no such person shall be prosecuted, punished or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture on account of any matter or thing concerning which he shall, under oath, have testified or produced documentary evidence, except that he shall not be exempt from prosecution or punishment for perjury committed by him in his testimony. Nothing herein shall give to any corporation immunity of any kind.
L.1941, c. 274, p. 720, s. 17.