Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, § 31 (2026)
Immunity of witnesses
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Section 31. No person compelled to testify in any proceedings under section thirty shall be liable to criminal prosecution for any matters or causes in respect of which he shall be examined or to which his testimony shall relate, except to prosecution for perjury committed in such testimony.
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case, 1966–1966 · leading case: Attorney Gen. v. Bd. of Aldermen, 218 N.E.2d 127 (Mass. 1966).
Attorney Gen. v. Bd. of Aldermen, 218 N.E.2d 127 (Mass. 1966). “56, § 59, gives to the Supreme Judicial Court and the Superior Court jurisdiction “at law, in equity or by mandamus to enforce the provisions of chapters fifty to fifty-six, inclusive.”
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