New Jersey Statutes
§ 52:13-1 — Attendance of witnesses; production of books and papers; legal and clerical assistance
New Jersey § 52:13-1
JurisdictionNew Jersey
Title 52STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS
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Bluebook
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 52:13-1 (2026).
Text
Any joint committee of the legislature, any standing committee of either house, or any special committee directed by resolution to enter upon any investigation or inquiry, the pursuit of which shall necessitate the attendance of persons or the production of books or papers, shall have power to compel the attendance before it of such persons as witnesses and the production before it of such books and papers as it may deem necessary, proper and relevant to the matter under investigation. Any such committee shall also have the power to employ such legal and clerical assistance as it may deem necessary to the proper conduct of the investigation.
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§ 52:13-10
Sentence; order of commitment.§ 52:13-11
Continuing validity of commitment.§ 52:13-12
Bail of contemner.§ 52:13-13
Powers given additional to other powers§ 52:13-2
Summons for witnesses; execution§ 52:13-3
Compensation of witnesses; swearing witnesses; perjury; immunity; refusal to answer or be sworn§ 52:13-4
Expenses of investigations; payment§ 52:13-7
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Bluebook (online)
New Jersey § 52:13-1, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nj/52/52%3A13-1.