In any action or proceeding, civil or criminal, brought by the Attorney General or any district attorney for the violation of this chapter, no person shall be excused from attending, testifying or producing books, papers, or documents in obedience to subpoena or under order of court on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to any penalty.

No individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he may so testify or produce evidence in any action or proceeding brought by the Attorney General or district attorney under this chapter.

Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 17087

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.

(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 795.)

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