Indiana Code
Chapter 6. Ethics and Conflicts of Interest
4-2-6-14. Prohibitions; Criminal Penalty

Sec. 14. (a) A person may not do any of the following:
(1) Knowingly or intentionally induce or attempt to induce, by threat, coercion, suggestion, or false statement, a witness or informant in a commission proceeding or investigation conducted by the inspector general to do any of the following:
(A) Withhold or unreasonably delay the production of any testimony, information, document, or thing.
(B) Avoid legal process summoning the person to testify or supply evidence.
(C) Fail to appear at a proceeding or investigation to which the person has been summoned.
(D) Make, present, or use a false record, document, or thing with the intent that the record, document, or thing appear in a commission proceeding or investigation to mislead a commissioner or commission employee.
(2) Alter, damage, or remove a record, document, or thing except as permitted or required by law, with the intent to prevent the record, document, or thing from being produced or used in a commission proceeding or investigation conducted by the inspector general.
(3) Make, present, or use a false record, document, or thing with the intent that the record, document, or thing appear in a commission proceeding or investigation to mislead a commissioner or commission employee.
(b) A person who violates subsection (a) is subject to criminal prosecution under IC 35-44.2-1-3.
As added by P.L.44-2001, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.222-2005, SEC.13; P.L.126-2012, SEC.3.

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