New Jersey § 13:1e-132

Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 13:1e-132, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 13:1e-132.

a. If any person in attendance pursuant to a subpena or interrogatory issued pursuant

to this act refuses to answer personally a question or produce evidence of any kind,

or make the required answers on the ground that he may be incriminated thereby, and

if the Attorney General, in a writing directed to that person, orders that he answer

the question or produce the evidence, the person shall comply with the order. After complying therewith and if, but for this section, he would have been privileged

to withhold the answer given or the evidence produced, that answer, testimony or evidence

or any evidence directly or indirectly derived therefrom, may not be used against

him in any prosecution for a crime or offense concerning which he gave answer or produced

evidence; provided that the answer, testimony or evidence is responsive to the question

propounded. That person may, however, be prosecuted or subject to penalty or forfeiture for

any perjury, false swearing or contempt committed in answering, or failing to answer,

or in producing evidence or failing to produce evidence or failing to do so in accordance

with the order. b. If any person fails to obey the command of the subpena after being ordered to do

so by a court of competent jurisdiction, he shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth

degree. In the alternative, if a person shall fail to obey the command of a subpena after

being ordered to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction, the Attorney General

may apply to that court to adjudge the person in contempt and to commit him to jail

until such time as he purges himself of contempt by responsively answering, testifying

or producing evidence as ordered.

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Section 13:1e-132 is part of the New Jersey Statutes, the codified statutory law of New Jersey. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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