49-6. Mother not excused on ground of self-incrimination; not subject to penalty.
No mother of a child born out of wedlock shall be excused, on the ground that it may tend to incriminate her or subject her to a penalty or a forfeiture, from attending and testifying, in obedience to a subpoena of any court, in any suit or proceeding based upon or growing out of the provisions of this Article, but no such mother shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing as to which, in obedience to a subpoena and under oath, she may so testify. (1933, c. 228, s. 5; 1939, c. 217, s. 5; 2013-198, s. 19.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 49 - Children Born Out of Wedlock
Article 1 - Support of Children Born Out of Wedlock.
§ 49-2 - Nonsupport of child born out of wedlock by parents made misdemeanor.
§ 49-3 - Place of birth of child no consideration.
§ 49-4 - When prosecution may be commenced.
§ 49-5 - Prosecution; death of mother no bar; determination of fatherhood.
§ 49-6 - Mother not excused on ground of self-incrimination; not subject to penalty.
§ 49-8 - Power of court to modify orders, suspend sentence, etc.