§ 11-1603 Administration of oaths and compelling testimony.
AC § 11-1603
a. The commissioner of finance or the commissioner's employees or agents duly designated and authorized by the commissioner shall have power to administer oaths and take affidavits in relation to any matter or proceeding in the exercise of their powers and duties under this chapter. The commissioner of finance shall have power to subpoena and require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers and documents to secure information pertinent to the performance of the commissioner's duties hereunder and of the enforcement of this chapter and to examine them in relation thereto, and to issue commissions for the examination of witnesses who are out of the state or unable to attend before the commissioner or excused from attendance. b. A justice of the supreme court either in court or at chambers shall have power summarily to enforce by proper proceedings the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production and examination of books, papers and documents called for by the subpoena of the commissioner of finance under this chapter. c. Any person who shall refuse to testify or to produce books or records or who shall testify falsely in any material matter pending before the commissioner of finance under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishment for which shall be a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment. d. The officers who serve the summons or subpoena of the commissioner of finance and witnesses attending in response thereto shall be entitled to the same fees as are allowed to officers and witnesses in civil cases in courts of record, except as herein otherwise provided. Such officers shall be the city sheriff and the city sheriff's duly appointed deputies or any officers or employees of the commissioner of finance, designated to serve such process.
