Guam § 1109 - Oaths; Hearings; Affidavits; Subpoenas; Witnesses;

§ 1109. Oaths; Hearings; Affidavits; Subpoenas; Witnesses;

Immunities.

(a) The Director or his authorized representative may

administer oaths, hear testimony, take or cause to be taken the

depositions of witnesses, and require, by subpoenas, the

attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all

books, records and other evidence.

(1) Such subpoenas shall be signed and issued by the

Director or his authorized representative.

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(2) In cases of failure of any person to comply with any

subpoena lawfully issued under this section, or on the refusal

of any witness to produce evidence or to testify to any matter

regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, any judge

of the Superior Court of Guam, upon the application of the

Director or his authorized representative, shall compel

obedience by proceeding for contempt, as in the case of

disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued by

such court or a refusal to testify therein.

(3) The Director may certify to official acts.

(b) No person shall be excused from attending and testifying

or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda,

contracts, agreements, or other records and documents before the

Director or his authorized representative, or in any cause or

proceeding instituted under this Chapter, on the ground that the

testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him

may tend to incriminate him or subject him to penalty or

forfeiture; but no individual shall be prosecuted or subject to any

penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter,

or thing, concerning which he is compelled to testify or produce

evidence, documentary or otherwise, after having claimed his

privilege against self-incrimination, except that such individual so

testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment

for perjury committed in so testifying.

(c) The Director and his authorized representative shall not

be bound by technical rules of evidence in the conduct of hearings.