Oaths; Affidavits; Subpoenas; Witnesses; Immunities

(a)The Commissioner or his authorized representative may administer oaths, take or cause to be taken the depositions of witnesses, and require by subpoenas the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all books, records and other evidence relative to any matter under investigation.

(1)Such subpoena shall be signed and issued by the Commissioner or his authorized representative.

(2)In cases of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully issued under this section, or on the refusal of any witness to produce evidence to testify to any matter regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, the Judge of the Superior Court of Guam, upon the application of the Commissioner or his authorized representative, shall compel obedience by proceeding for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued by such court or a refusal to testify therein. The Commissioner may certify to official acts.

(b)No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, contracts, agreements, or other records and documents before the Commissioner or his authorized representative, or in any cause or proceeding instituted under this Chapter, on the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; but no individual shall be prosecuted or subject to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he is compelled to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise., after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, except that such individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.