New Jersey Statutes 4:12A-10. Oaths; administering by board members; subpoenas; misconduct; false testimony
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 4:12A-10
- Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
- 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.
- 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
- sworn: includes "affirmed. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
Each member of the board shall have power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, and shall have power to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of all necessary reports, books, papers, documents, correspondence, and other evidence, at any designated place of hearing. Such subpoenas shall be signed by one of the members thereof or by the secretary and shall be authenticated by the seal of the board, and any party to any proceeding before said board may secure subpoenas, without charge, from said board. Misconduct on the part of any person attending a hearing, or the failure of any witness, when duly subpoenaed to attend, give testimony or produce any records, shall be punishable by the Superior Court in the same manner as such failure is punishable by such court in a case therein pending. Any person who, having been sworn or affirmed as a witness in any such proceeding, shall willfully give false testimony, shall be guilty of perjury. The fees for the attendance of witnesses shall be paid by the party arranging for the attendance of such witnesses.
L.1941, c. 274, p. 718, s. 10. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 38, s. 32.