§480-23  Immunity from prosecution. 
(a)  If, in any investigation brought by the attorney general pursuant to
section 480-18, a person refuses, on the basis of the person's privilege
against self-incrimination, to attend, to testify or produce a record, document,
or other object in an official proceeding conducted under this chapter, and
that person is informed of an order issued under section 480-23.1, that person
may not refuse to comply with the order on the basis of the person's privilege
against self-incrimination.



(b)  No individual shall be criminally
prosecuted or subjected to any criminal penalty under this chapter for or on
account of any transaction, matter, evidence, or thing concerning which the
individual may so testify or produce in any investigation brought by the
attorney general pursuant to section 480-18, or any county attorney,
corporation counsel, or prosecuting attorney of any county, when the individual
has done so pursuant to an order issued under section 480-23.1; provided that
no individual so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution or punishment for
perjury, for giving a false statement, or for an offense involving a failure to
comply with the order. [L 1961, c 190, §21; Supp, §205A-21; HRS §480-23; am L
1980, c 173, §2; gen ch 1985; am L 2008, c 19, §8]