Sec. 31-95. Powers of board. Subpoena.
Sec. 31-95. Powers of board. Subpoena. Said board, or any member thereof, may
enter any establishment in which a strike or lockout exists in order to examine payrolls
and other records and to inspect conditions affecting the relations between employees
and employers. Said board, or any member thereof, may summon, by subpoena, employers, employees or any other persons whose testimony may be pertinent to the matters
before said board, together with any records or other documents relating to such strike
or lockout. In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person,
the Superior Court, upon application by the board, shall have jurisdiction to order such
person to appear before the board to produce evidence or to give testimony touching
the matter under investigation or in question, and any failure to obey such order may
be punished by said court as a contempt thereof. No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, records, correspondence, documents
or other evidence in obedience to the subpoena of the board, on the ground that the
testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a
penalty or forfeiture; but no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty
or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he
is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or
produce evidence, except that such individual so testifying shall not be exempt from
prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying. In case of a dispute
which has not reached the stage of a strike or lockout, said board, upon the request of
either party to the dispute, is authorized to exercise the same powers and perform the
same duties as in case of a strike or lockout. Said board, or any member thereof, shall
have the power to take testimony under oath and to administer oaths.
(1949 Rev., S. 7381; 1949, S. 3026d.)
Cited. 163 C. 327. Cited. 171 C. 613. Cited. 200 C. 91.