A person offending against any of the provisions of this chapter shall be a competent witness against any other person violating any provisions of this chapter, and may be compelled to attend and testify upon any trial, hearing, proceeding, or investigation in the same manner as any other person, but the testimony so given shall not be used in any prosecution or proceeding, civil or criminal, against the person so testifying, except for perjury in giving such testimony, and a person so testifying shall not thereafter be liable to indictment, prosecution, or punishment for the offense with reference to which such testimony was given, and may plead or prove the giving of the testimony accordingly in bar of such an indictment or prosecution.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Chapter 19 - Prohibited Practices
Part 1 - Prohibited Practices Generally
§ 2-19-101. Interfering With Nominating Meeting or Election
§ 2-19-102. Violation of Title
§ 2-19-103. Interference With Another's Duties or Rights
§ 2-19-104. Misconduct in Performance of Duties for Purposes of Misleading Another
§ 2-19-105. False Swearing or Affirming
§ 2-19-106. Procurement or Inducement to Violate § 2-19-104 or § 2-19-105
§ 2-19-108. Unlawful Possession of Official Registration or Election Supplies
§ 2-19-109. False Entries on Official Registration or Election Documents — Penalties
§ 2-19-110. Abuse of Voter Assistance
§ 2-19-111. Unlawful Examination, Removal, Rejection or Destruction of Marked Ballots
§ 2-19-112. Election Officials — Civil Liability
§ 2-19-113. Willful or Fraudulent Violations by Officials
§ 2-19-114. Illegal Act by Official Causing Loss of Ballots or Invalidating Election
§ 2-19-115. Violence and Intimidation to Prevent Voting
§ 2-19-117. Procuring Illegal Vote
§ 2-19-119. Violation of § 2-7-111 While Boundary Signs Are Posted
§ 2-19-121. Candidate Bargaining for Support
§ 2-19-122. Demanding Candidate Make Promise
§ 2-19-123. Penalty for Violation of § 2-19-121 or § 2-19-122
§ 2-19-124. Exceptions to § 2-19-121 or § 2-19-122
§ 2-19-125. Bribing Election Officials
§ 2-19-127. Voter Accepting Bribe
§ 2-19-128. Penalty for Violation of §§ 2-19-125 — 2-19-127
§ 2-19-129. Betting on Election — Penalty
§ 2-19-130. Candidate Betting With Voter
§ 2-19-131. Betting With Voter to Procure a Challenge or to Prevent Him From Voting
§ 2-19-135. Threatening Work Stoppage as a Result of Election
§ 2-19-136. Grand Jury Witness Immunity
§ 2-19-137. Violators as Witnesses — Exemption From Prosecution
§ 2-19-138. Defects or Irregularities in Conventions or Elections No Defense
§ 2-19-141. Disposition of Fines
§ 2-19-142. Knowingly Publishing False Campaign Literature
§ 2-19-143. Suffrage for Persons Convicted of Infamous Crimes