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2-19-136. Grand jury witness immunity.

When any person, without such person's contrivance or procurement, is sent as a witness before the grand jury and is examined before them touching offenses under this chapter, no person against whom such person's evidence is given can afterwards be used as a witness against the person when on trial for an offense under the provisions of this chapter committed previous to the person's being examined as a witness as aforementioned.

[Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1944.]

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2-19-136. Grand jury witness immunity.

When any person, without such person's contrivance or procurement, is sent as a witness before the grand jury and is examined before them touching offenses under this chapter, no person against whom such person's evidence is given can afterwards be used as a witness against the person when on trial for an offense under the provisions of this chapter committed previous to the person's being examined as a witness as aforementioned.

[Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1944.]

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2-19-136. Grand jury witness immunity.

When any person, without such person's contrivance or procurement, is sent as a witness before the grand jury and is examined before them touching offenses under this chapter, no person against whom such person's evidence is given can afterwards be used as a witness against the person when on trial for an offense under the provisions of this chapter committed previous to the person's being examined as a witness as aforementioned.

[Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1944.]