§ 19 — Attendance of witnesses and their fees

§ 19. Attendance of witnesses and their fees. 1. The commission shall\nhave power to issue subpoenas and subpoena duces tecum. All subpoenas\nshall be signed and issued by a commissioner, by an officer or employee\nof the commission specially authorized to conduct an investigation or\nhearing or by the secretary or assistant secretary of the commission.\nThe fees of witnesses required to attend before the commission, or a\ncommissioner, or an officer or employee specially authorized to conduct\nan investigation or hearing, shall be the same as in the case of a\nsubpoena issued out of a court of record, and paid when the witness is\nexcused from further attendance. Except as is herein provided subpoenas\nshall be regulated by the civil practice law and rules. Whenever a\nsubpoena is issued at the instance of a complainant, respondent, or\nother party to any proceeding before the commission, the cost of service\nthereof and the fee of the witness shall be borne by the party at whose\ninstance the witness is summoned.\n 2. If a person subpoenaed to attend before the commission or a\ncommissioner, or an officer or employee specially authorized to conduct\nan investigation or hearing, fails to obey the command of such subpoena,\nwithout reasonable cause, or if a person in attendance before the\ncommission or commissioner, or an officer or employee specially\nauthorized to conduct an investigation or hearing, shall, without\nreasonable cause, refuse to be sworn or to be examined or to answer a\nquestion or to produce a book or papers, when ordered so to do by the\ncommission, or a commissioner, or an officer or employee specially\nauthorized to conduct an investigation or hearing, or to subscribe and\nswear to his deposition after it has been correctly reduced to writing,\nhe shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be prosecuted therefor in\nany court of competent criminal jurisdiction.\n