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Code · New Jersey · Title 2A — Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice · Chapter 81

2A:81-17.2a1. Duty of employee to appear and testify; removal for failure or refusal

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It shall be the duty of every public employee to appear and testify upon matters directly related to the conduct of his office, position or employment before any court, grand jury or the State Commission of Investigation. Any public employee failing or refusing to so appear and to so testify, after having been informed of his duty to appear and testify under this act by the prosecuting attorney, or a member of or attorney for the State Commission of Investigation, as the case may be, shall be subject to removal from his office, position or employment.
L.1970, c. 72, s. 2, eff. May 21, 1970. Amended by L.1975, c. 246, s. 1, eff. Oct. 28, 1975.
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