Oregon Statutes - Chapter 471 - Alcoholic Liquors Generally - Section 471.770 - Self-incrimination as a basis for refusing to testify or produce books.

No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any books, papers or documents in any investigation or inquiry by or upon any hearing before the Oregon Liquor Control Commission or any commissioner when ordered so to do by the commission or any of its authorized agents, upon the ground that the testimony, evidence, books, papers or documents required of the person may tend to incriminate the person or subject the person to penalty or forfeiture. No person shall be prosecuted, punished or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any act, transaction, matter or thing concerning which the person shall, under oath, have, by order of the commission, or a commissioner, or any of its authorized agents, testified to or produced documentary evidence of; but no person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution or punishment for any perjury committed by the person in testimony. [Amended by 1953 c.101 §2]

Section:  Previous  471.750  471.752  471.754  471.755  471.757  471.760  471.765  471.770  471.775  471.780  471.785  471.790  471.795  471.800  471.805  Next

Last modified: August 7, 2008