Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 108 – Power as to witnesses; seal; evidence; procedure
The Department, and any officer of the Department designated by the Department, in the performance of any duty or the execution of any power prescribed by law, may administer oaths, certify to official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, payrolls, documents, records and testimony. In case of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully issued, or on the refusal of any witness to testify to any matter regarding which the witness may be lawfully interrogated, the Department may request the Attorney General of this State to prosecute such person before the Superior Court of this State. If such person shall be found guilty that person shall be deemed to have been in contempt of that Court and shall be punished by that Court in the same fashion as that Court punishes any contempt thereof.
19 Del. C. 1953, § ?115; 53 Del. Laws, c. 259; 57 Del. Laws, c. 669, § ?1B; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 108
- Department: means the Department of Labor. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 101
- Person: means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, statutory trust, business trust, legal representative or any organized group of persons. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 101
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- 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.
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.