(70 ILCS 1215/31) (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 144)
Sec. 31.
Any person who shall be served with a subpoena to appear and
testify or to produce books and papers, issued by the Civil Service Board
or by any member thereof, or by any person or persons acting under the
orders of said Board in the course of an investigation conducted under any
provision of this Act, and who shall refuse or neglect to appear or
testify, or to produce books and papers relevant to said investigation, as
commanded in the subpoena, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall, on conviction, be punished as provided in section 33
of this Act. The fees of witnesses for attendance and travel shall be the
same as the fees of witnesses before circuit courts, and shall be paid by
the Board,
and any circuit court, upon application of any such
member of the Board, may, in its discretion, compel
the attendance of witnesses, the production of books and papers and giving
of testimony before the Board, or before any such investigating
officer, by attachment or contempt or otherwise, in the same manner as the
production of evidence may be compelled before the court. Every
person, who, having taken an oath or made affirmation before a member of
the Board, or officer appointed by the Board authorized to administer oaths,
shall swear or affirm willfully, corruptly and falsely, shall be guilty
of perjury and upon conviction shall
be punished accordingly.
(Source: P.A. 83-334.)
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