New York Laws
Article 23-A - Fraudulent Practices in Respect to Stocks, Bonds and Other Securities
356 - Powers of Referee.

§ 356. Powers of referee. The referee appointed as provided in this
article possesses all the powers and is subject to all the duties of a
referee appointed in a civil action, so far as practicable, and may
punish for contempt a witness duly served with the papers as prescribed
in this article for non-attendance or refusal to be sworn or to testify
or to produce books, papers and documents according to the direction of
the endorsement aforesaid, in the same manner and to the same extent as
a referee to hear, try and determine an issue of fact or of law.

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