71-0517 - Witnesses not excused from testifying.

§ 71-0517. Witnesses not excused from testifying.    No  person  shall  be  excused from testifying or producing any books,  papers or other documents in any civil or criminal action or  proceeding  taken  or  had  under  the  provisions of this chapter listed in section  71-0501 or under titles 5 through 15 inclusive  and  title  33  of  this  article, upon the ground that his testimony might tend to convict him of  a  crime, or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. But 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  he  shall,  under oath, have testified or produced documentary evidence, and  no testimony so given or produced shall be received against him upon any  criminal investigation or proceeding; provided, however, that no  person  so  testifying  shall  be  exempt from prosecution or punishment for any  perjury committed by him in his testimony.  Nothing herein contained  is  intended  to  give,  or shall be construed as in any manner giving, unto  any corporation, immunity of any kind.