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Indiana Code Title 15. Agriculture and Animals § 15-17-5-23

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 23. (a) A person may not be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, schedules of charges, contracts, agreements, or other documentary evidence:

(1) before the state veterinarian or board, or in obedience to a subpoena of the state veterinarian or board, regardless of whether the subpoena was signed or issued by the state veterinarian, the state veterinarian delegate, or board;  or

(2) in a cause or proceeding, criminal or civil, based upon or growing out of an alleged violation of this chapter;

on the ground that the testimony, evidence, documents, or other evidence required of the person may tend to incriminate the person or subject the person to a penalty or forfeiture.

(b) A person may not be prosecuted or subjected to a penalty or forfeiture for or on account of a transaction, matter, or thing concerning which the person is compelled to testify or produce testimony, evidence, documents, or other evidence after having claimed the person's privilege against self-incrimination.  However, a person testifying is not exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury.

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