§ 22-1-1-17 — Depositions; subpoenas; productions of books and papers; contempt

The commissioner of labor and any officer or
employee of the department of labor designated by the commissioner,
in the performance of any duty, or the execution of any power
prescribed by law, may administer oaths, certify to official acts and
records, and, where specifically ordered by the governor, take and
cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue subpoenas, and
compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers,
books, accounts, payrolls relating to the employment of workers,
documents, records, and testimony. In case of the failure of any person
to comply with any subpoena lawfully issued, or on the refusal of any
witness to produce evidence or to testify to any matter regarding which
the person may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of any
circuit or superior court upon application of the commissioner or any
officer or employee of the department of labor and a showing of the
probable materiality of books, records, and papers, or, in the case of a
witness, that the witness is believed to be possessed of information
material to the examination, to compel obedience by attachment
proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the
requirements, of a subpoena issued from a court or a refusal to testify
in the court.
Formerly: Acts 1945, c.334, s.17. As amended by P.L.37-1985,
SEC.26; P.L.136-2018, SEC.109.