N.J. Stat. tit. 2A, ch. 67A

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N.J. Stat. § 2A:67A-1 Right to proceed under act; procedure hereunder additional

Whenever a municipal or county governing body, any committee thereof, any board, commission, officer or body of any county, municipality, school district, or other special district or ad hoc local authority, is authorized or required by law to conduct any hearing or investigation, take testimony or make any determination affecting the rights, property, or obligations of any person, it may proceed in accordance with this act which shall be construed as in addition to and not in lieu of any other procedure provided by law. L.1953, c. 38, p. 750, s. 1, eff. March 19, 1953.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:67A-2 Administering oaths; examination of witnesses; false testimony

Whenever the officer, board, commission, committee or body is authorized to take testimony, such officer and each of the members of the board, commission, committee or body shall have power to administer oaths and to examine witnesses subject to the penalties, provisions and limitations of chapter eighty-one of Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes. Any person who shall willfully give false testimony under oath in the course of such examination shall be guilty of perjury. L.1953, c. 38, p. 751, s. 2.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:67A-3 Subpoenas

Any such officer, board, commission, committee or body authorized by law to exercise the power of subpoena may by its subpoena compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, documents or tangible things related to any matter or subject within his or its powers of inquiry. If a person under such subpoena shall refuse or fail to appear or refuse to be examined, or to answer any proper question, or to produce any books, papers, documents or tangible things, in accordance with the subpoena, the authority issuing the subpoena may apply to the Superior Court for an order to compel him to do so. If the person under subpoena shall engage in contemptuous conduct at any such hearing, investigation or inquiry, the said authority may apply to the court to compel him to refrain therefrom. L.1953, c. 38, p. 751, s. 3.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:67A-4 Short title

This act shall be known as the "County and Municipal Investigations Law." L.1953, c. 38, p. 751, s. 4.

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