2010 Maryland Code
BUSINESS REGULATION
TITLE 14 - BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, FRANCHISES, AND MULTILEVEL DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES
Subtitle 2 - Franchises
Section 14-213 - Privilege against self-incrimination.
§ 14-213. Privilege against self-incrimination.
(a) In general.- A person is not excused from attending, testifying, or producing evidence before the Commissioner, in a proceeding brought by the Commissioner, or in obedience to a subpoena of the Commissioner on the ground that the testimony or evidence may:
(1) tend to incriminate the person; or
(2) subject the person to a penalty or forfeiture.
(b) Prosecution and punishment.-
(1) If a person claims the privilege against self-incrimination as to a specific subject, and is then compelled to testify or produce evidence on that subject, the person may not be prosecuted or subjected to a penalty or forfeiture in connection with that subject.
(2) A person who testifies is not exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury or contempt committed while testifying.
[An. Code 1957, art. 56, § 364; 1992, ch. 4, § 2.]
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