A person shall not be excused from attending and testifying or producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, or other records before the commissioner or the board or in obedience to the subpoena of the board or the commissioner, or a duly authorized representative of the board or the commissioner, in any proceeding brought under this chapter on the ground that the testimony or evidence may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. An individual shall not be prosecuted or subjected to penalty or forfeiture on account of testimony given, or evidence produced subject to such subpoena, if prior to giving such testimony or producing such evidence he has claimed his privilege against self-incrimination.
This section shall not exempt an individual from prosecution and punishment for perjury.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation
Article 10. General Provisions
§21A-10-1. Agreements to Waive Rights or Pay Employer's Contribution Invalid
§21A-10-2. Assignment of Benefits Invalid; Exemption From Process; Exception
§21A-10-4. Records and Reports; Preservation; Copies; Admissibility; Destruction
§21A-10-5. Right to Representation by Counsel or Agent; Fees
§21A-10-6. Self-Incrimination; Perjury
§21A-10-7. False Representations; Penalties
§21A-10-8. Recovery of Benefits Paid on Misrepresentation; Limitations
§21A-10-9. Penalty for Deducting Employer's Contribution or Requiring Waiver of Right
§21A-10-12. Representation of State in Civil Actions
§21A-10-13. Prosecution and Jurisdiction of Criminal Actions
§21A-10-14. Liability of State for Benefits Limited to Unemployment Compensation Fund
§21A-10-16. Inconsistent Acts Repealed
§21A-10-17. Right to Amend or Repeal Chapter; Application of Certain Provisions
§21A-10-18. Change of Federal Payroll Tax
§21A-10-19. Disclosure of Information to Child Support Agencies
§21A-10-20. Disclosure of Information to Food Stamp Agencies
§21A-10-21. Recovery of Benefits Paid Through Error; Limitation
§21A-10-22. Disclosure of Information to Department of Housing and Urban Development