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119.345 Witness not exempted from giving incriminating testimony -- Immunity except from perjury charge.

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119.345 Witness not exempted from giving incriminating testimony -- Immunity except from perjury charge. (1) At the discretion of the prosecuting attorney, in any prosecution under the election laws it shall be no exemption for a witness that his information may criminate <br>himself, and no such information given by a witness shall be used against him in <br>any prosecution, except for perjury, and if used on behalf of the Commonwealth he <br>shall stand discharged from all penalties for any violation of the election laws so <br>necessarily disclosed in the information he so discloses as tending to convict the <br>accused. (2) The statement of any person testifying in any case pending under the provisions of KRS 121.025, 121.045, 121.055, or subsection (1) of KRS 121.310 shall not be <br>used against him in any prosecution or civil proceeding. Effective: July 15, 1988 <br>History: Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 341, sec. 39, effective July 15, 1988. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 95.