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N.Y. Correction Law § 261: Subpoena on application for executive clemency

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  1. Correction Law
  2. Article 11. Executive Clemency

§ 261. Subpoena on application for executive clemency. The governor

shall have the power in any matter pertaining to an application for

clemency, to issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of a person

before him at a time and place designated in said subpoena; and he shall

also have the power to compel the production of any book, paper or

writing by a subpoena duces tecum, directed to a person in whose custody

either may be, at a time and place designated in said subpoena. But the

provisions of this article shall not apply to any book, paper or writing

filed in any office of record in any civil division of this state.

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