TITLE 28
Labor and Labor Relations
CHAPTER 28-7
Labor Relations Act
SECTION 28-7-36
§ 28-7-36 Privilege against
self-incrimination.
No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing
books, records, correspondence, documents, or other evidence in obedience to
the subpoena of the board on the ground that the testimony or evidence required
of him or her may tend to incriminate him or her or subject him or her to a
penalty or forfeiture under the laws of the state. No individual shall be
prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture on account of any
transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he or she is, after having
claimed his or her privilege against self-incrimination, compelled to testify
or produce evidence, except that the individual testifying shall not be exempt
from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in testifying.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1941, ch. 1066, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 28-7-36.)
