{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-119.345","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 119.345","heading":"Witness not exempted from giving incriminating testimony -- Immunity","body":"except from perjury charge.\n(1) At the discretion of the prosecuting attorney, in any prosecution under the election\nlaws it shall be no exemption for a witness that his information may criminate\nhimself, and no such information given by a witness shall be used against him in\nany prosecution, except for perjury, and if used on behalf of the Commonwealth he\nshall stand discharged from all penalties for any violation of the election law s so\nnecessarily disclosed in the information he so discloses as tending to convict the\naccused.\n(2) The statement of any person testifying in any case pending under the provisions of\nKRS 121.025, 121.045, 121.055, or subsection (1) of KRS 121.310 shall no t be\nused against him in any prosecution or civil proceeding.","path":["KRS Chapter 119"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=27789","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:17Z","sha256":"ea0255fbe2893439fa9f02aec0906a9b9bde24055c05312c4a988133cf556f37","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-119.340","next":"us-ky/krs-119.350"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}