N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 50.20: Compulsion of evidence by offer of immunity

§ 50.20 Compulsion of evidence by offer of immunity.

1. Any witness in a legal proceeding, other than a grand jury

proceeding, may refuse to give evidence requested of him on the ground

that it may tend to incriminate him and he may not, except as provided

in subdivision two, be compelled to give such evidence.

2. Such a witness may be compelled to give evidence in such a

proceeding notwithstanding an assertion of his privilege against

self-incrimination if:

(a) The proceeding is one in which, by express provision of statute,

a person conducting or connected therewith is declared a competent

authority to confer immunity upon witnesses therein; and

(b) Such competent authority (i) orders such witness to give the

requested evidence notwithstanding his assertion of his privilege

against self-incrimination, and (ii) advises him that upon so doing he

will receive immunity.

3. A witness who is ordered to give evidence pursuant to subdivision

two and who complies with such order receives immunity. Such witness is

not deprived of such immunity because such competent authority did not

comply with statutory provisions requiring notice to a specified public

servant of intention to confer immunity.

4. A witness who, without asserting his privilege against

self-incrimination, gives evidence in a legal proceeding other than a

grand jury proceeding does not receive immunity.

5. The rules governing the circumstances in which witnesses may be

compelled to give evidence and in which they receive immunity therefor

in a grand jury proceeding are prescribed in section 190.40.