Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 10206 – Committee subpoena powers
(a) The Committee may issue process to witnesses at any place in this State and compel their attendance, and compel the production of books, records, papers, and other objects that may be necessary or proper for the purposes of the Committee’s proceedings. The Committee may issue attachments when necessary to obtain compliance with subpoenas or other process. An attachment so issued may be addressed to and served by any peace officer in this State. The Chairperson of the Committee shall issue in the name of the Committee any subpoenas requested by the Committee, if the request received the affirmative vote of at least 6 members of the Committee. If the Chairperson of the Committee is unavailable, the designee of the Chairperson may issue subpoenas or any other lawful process in accord with the provisions of this subsection.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 10206
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
(b) All testimony taken under subpoena must be given under oath subject to the penalties of perjury, and must be reduced to writing.
62 Del. Laws, c. 301, § ?3; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 76 Del. Laws, c. 221, § ?1; 80 Del. Laws, c. 260, § ?1;