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§ 51-1-30 NMSA 1978

Protection against self-incrimination

Known as the Unemployment Compensation Law

The act spans §§ 51–51 (66 sections).

1953 Comp., § 59-9-11.9, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 321, § 10; 1979, ch. 280, § 33.

No person is excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records before the secretary or his authorized representative in any cause or proceeding on the ground that testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to any penalty or forfeiture. No individual may 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 claiming his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, except that such person is not exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.