Pennsylvania Statutes Title 71 P.S. State Government § 733-708. Issuance of subpoenas; questioning of witnesses

A. In order to enable the secretary to secure a complete inventory and appraisement, or to carry out any other right, power, or duty, granted to or imposed upon him as receiver by this act, the secretary shall have the power to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of, or the production of pertinent books and papers by, any officer, director, agent, employee, or member respectively of the corporation or person of which he has taken possession, or any other individual whom the secretary believes to have information of importance regarding the affairs of the institution. He shall also have the power to question such witnesses under oath or affirmation, and to examine such books and papers.

The secretary may delegate to the appraisers appointed by him, or to any other duly authorized agent, the power granted to him as receiver under this section.

Any witness, who refuses to obey a subpoena issued under this section, or who refuses to be sworn or affirmed, or to testify, or who is guilty of any contempt after summons to appear, may be punished, as for contempt of court, by the court in which the certificate of possession of the institution, concerning the affairs of which the witness was subpoenaed, is filed.

B. Every witness called by the secretary or his duly authorized agent, in connection with the affairs of an institution in possession, shall be entitled to the fees and mileage customarily paid to witnesses in the courts of the county in which the institution has its place of business.