(25 ILCS 5/6) (from Ch. 63, par. 6)
Sec. 6.
Any person may be compelled, by subpoena, to appear and give
testimony as a witness, and produce papers and documents before either
house or a committee thereof, or a joint committee of both houses. The
subpoena shall be signed by the presiding officer of the house or the
chairman of the committee before whom the witness is to appear, and may be
served in the same manner as subpoenas from courts. But the testimony of a
witness examined and testifying before either house of the General
Assembly, any committee of either house, or any joint committee of the two
houses, shall not be used as evidence in any criminal proceedings against
such witness in any court of justice: Provided, that no official paper or
record produced by such witness on such examination shall be held or taken
to be included within the privilege of such evidence so as to protect such
witness from any criminal proceeding as aforesaid, and no witness shall
hereafter be allowed to refuse to testify to any fact, or to produce any
paper touching which he shall be examined by either house, or by any of the
committees, for the reason that his testimony touching such fact, or the
production of such paper, may tend to disgrace him or render him infamous:
Provided, further, that nothing in this act shall be construed to exempt
any witness from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed by him in
testifying as aforesaid.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 3551.)
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