N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 50.10: Compulsion of evidence by offer of immunity; definitions of terms

§ 50.10 Compulsion of evidence by offer of immunity; definitions of

terms.

The following definitions are applicable to this article:

1. "Immunity." A person who has been a witness in a legal

proceeding, and who cannot, except as otherwise provided in this

subdivision, be convicted of any offense or subjected to any penalty or

forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing

concerning which he gave evidence therein, possesses "immunity" from any

such conviction, penalty or forfeiture. A person who possesses such

immunity may nevertheless be convicted of perjury as a result of having

given false testimony in such legal proceeding, and may be convicted of

or adjudged in contempt as a result of having contumaciously refused to

give evidence therein.

2. "Legal proceeding" means a proceeding in or before any court or

grand jury, or before any body, agency or person authorized by law to

conduct the same and to administer the oath or to cause it to be

administered.

3. "Give evidence" means to testify or produce physical evidence.