{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-51-35","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-35","heading":"Witness refusing to testify; imprisonment. Self-incrimination.","body":"(a) Any court or family support magistrate may commit to a community correctional center any person legally summoned who refuses to appear and testify before it in any case, there to remain at his own expense until he so testifies.\n(b) A person shall not be compelled to give evidence against himself, except as otherwise provided by statute, nor shall such evidence when given by him be used against him.","path":["TITLE 51. COURTS","CHAPTER 871. COURTS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_871.htm#sec_51-35","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:17Z","sha256":"3724120d7ec677dc1ad1078e6b14c82d891fc31a2a3efd67361f1d362674e409","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-51-34","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-51-36"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}