Privilege against self-incrimination - Grant of immunity
N.D. Cent. Code § 31-01-09
in effect31-01-09. Privilege against self-incrimination - Grant of immunity
No person may be compelled to be a witness against himself or herself in a criminal action.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in any criminal proceedings before a court
or grand jury or state's attorney's inquiry, if a person refuses to answer a question or produce
evidence of any kind on the ground that the person may be incriminated thereby, and if the
prosecuting attorney, in writing and with approval of the attorney general, requests the court to
order that person to answer the question or produce the evidence, the court after notice to the
witness and hearing may so order, and that person shall comply with the order. In the case of a
state's attorney's inquiry, such application must be made to the district court. No testimony or
other information compelled under the order, or any information directly or indirectly derived
from the testimony, may be used against the witness in any criminal proceeding, except a
prosecution for perjury, giving a false statement, or contempt committed in answering, or failing
to answer, or in producing, or failing to produce, evidence in accordance with the order.
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