56-3-605 - Use and acceptance of funds for political purposes No person is excused from testifying.
56-3-605. Use and acceptance of funds for political purposes No person is excused from testifying.
No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or producing any papers, books, or other documents before any court or magistrate, upon any investigation, proceeding, or trial, for a violation of this part, upon the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise required of the person may tend to incriminate or degrade the person; but no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which the person may so testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise; and no testimony so given or produced shall be used against the person upon any criminal investigation or proceeding.
[Acts 1907, ch. 443, § 4; Shan., § 3369a147; Code 1932, § 6440; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 56-229, 56-327.]