119.345 Witness not exempted from giving incriminating testimony -- Immunity

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except from perjury charge.

(1)At the discretion of the prosecuting attorney, in any prosecution under the election

laws it shall be no exemption for a witness that his information may criminate

himself, and no such information given by a witness shall be used against him in

any prosecution, except for perjury, and if used on behalf of the Commonwealth he

shall stand discharged from all penalties for any violation of the election laws so

necessarily disclosed in the information he so discloses as tending to convict the

accused.

(2)The statement of any person testifying in any case pending under the provisions of

KRS 121.025, 121.045, 121.055, or subsection

(1)of KRS 121.310 shall not be

used against him in any prosecution or civil proceeding.