New Jersey Statutes 4:10-12. Attendance and testimony of witnesses and production of documents
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 4:10-12
- 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.
- Farm products: means any agricultural, dairy, poultry or horticultural product, or any product designed for food purposes, manufactured, derived or prepared principally from any agricultural, dairy, poultry or horticultural product or products, including any fresh or salt water food product. See New Jersey Statutes 4:10-1
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Secretary: means the secretary of agriculture. See New Jersey Statutes 4:10-1
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the secretary, or the employees designated by him for the purpose, may:
a. Require the attendance before him, or any of them, of any person from whom reports have been requested, or of any employee of such person;
b. Administer oaths to, and take testimony of, any such person, or his employee; and
c. Require the production by such person, or his employee, of any books, records and other documentary evidence relating to the farm products about which reports have been requested.