28-4-320
Section 28-4-320 Servants, agents, etc., and principals not to be excused from testifying against each other on grounds of self-incrimination; immunity of said persons from prosecution for offenses disclosed, etc. No clerk, servant, agent or employee of any person accused of a violation of the laws to promote temperance and to suppress intemperance or prohibiting the sale, manufacture or other disposition of liquors or beverages shall be excused from testifying against his principal for the reason that he may thereby incriminate himself, nor shall any principal be excused for the same reason from testifying against any clerk, servant, agent or employee in such cases, but no testimony given by any of said parties shall in any manner in any prosecution be used as evidence, directly or indirectly, against him, nor shall the party testifying be thereafter prosecuted for any offense so disclosed by him. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4638; Code 1940, T. 29,...
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8-1-130
Section 8-1-130 Persons involved in futures contracts not excused from testifying; participation prima facie evidence of guilt. (a) No person shall be excused on any prosecution under this article from testifying touching anything done by himself or others contrary to the provisions of this article; but no disclosures made by the witness upon such examination shall be used against him in any penal or criminal prosecution, and he shall be altogether pardoned of the offense so done or participated in by him. (b) In all such prosecutions proof that the defendant was a party to a contract as agent or principal to sell and deliver any article, thing or property specified or named in this article, that he was agent, directly or indirectly, of any party in making, furthering, or effectuating the same, or that he was the agent or officer of any corporation or association or person in making, furthering, or effectuating the same and that the article, thing, or property agreed to be sold and...
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6-2-38
Section 6-2-38 Commencement of actions - Two years. (a) An action by a representative to recover damages for wrongful act, omission, or negligence causing the death of the decedent under Sections 6-5-391 and 6-5-410 must be commenced within two years from the death. (b) All actions by common carriers of property subject to Chapter 3 of Title 37 for recovery of their charges, or any part thereof, shall be begun within two years from the time the cause of action accrues and not after. (c) For recovery of charges, action shall be begun against common carriers of property by motor vehicles subject to this article within two years from the time the cause of action accrues and not after, except as provided in subsection (d) of this section; provided, that if claim for the overcharge has been presented in writing to the carrier within the two-year period of limitation, said period shall be extended to include six months from the time notice in writing is given by the carrier to the claimant...
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15-8-150
Section 15-8-150 Contents; sufficiency; use of analogous forms. The forms of indictment set forth in this section in all cases in which they are applicable, are sufficient, and analogous forms may be used in other cases. (1) CAPTION, COMMENCEMENT AND CONCLUSION GENERALLY. The State of Alabama,) Circuit court, ___ session, ___) 20___ The grand jury of said county charge that, before the finding of this indictment, etc. (describing the offense as in the following forms), against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama. E.F.J.,District Attorney of the ______ circuit. (2) ADVERTISING, ETC., UNREGISTERED SECURITIES. A. B. did, contrary to law, and subsequent to the ____ day of ____, 20__, advertise (or otherwise describing the unlawful act) in this state for the purpose of inducing or securing subscriptions to or sales of the capital stock of the X. Y. company (or otherwise describing the security so advertised), which said stock (or other security) had not then...
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28-4-134
Section 28-4-134 Persons not to be excused from testifying before grand juries or at trials for violations of article; immunity from prosecution as to matters disclosed. No person shall be excused from testifying before the grand jury or at the trial in any prosecution for any violation of provisions contained in this article, but no disclosure or discovery made by such person is to be used against him in any penal or criminal prosecution for and on account of the matters disclosed. (Acts 1915, No. 10, p. 39; Code 1923, §4702; Code 1940, T. 29, §171.)...
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37-1-91
Section 37-1-91 Witnesses not excused for reasons of incrimination or forfeiture; perjury prosecution not barred. No person shall be excused from attending and testifying, or from producing books and papers before the commission, or in obedience to the subpoena of the commission, whether such subpoena is issued or signed by one or more of the members of the commission, in any investigation held by or before the commission, or in any civil action or proceeding in any court by or against the commission, provided for in this title, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to penalty or forfeiture. But no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may be required to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise before said commission, or in obedience to its subpoena, or in any...
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27-2-27
Section 27-2-27 Witnesses and evidence for examination, investigation, or hearing - Compelling testimony or production of documents, etc.; immunity from prosecution. (a) If any individual asks to be excused from attending or testifying or from producing any books, papers, records, contracts, correspondence, or other documents in connection with any examination, hearing, or investigation being conducted by the commissioner or his examiner on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture and shall, by the Attorney General, be directed to give such testimony or produce such evidence, he must nonetheless comply with such direction; but he shall not thereafter be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for, or on account of, any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may have so testified or produced evidence, and no testimony so given or evidence produced shall be received against him...
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6-11-27
Section 6-11-27 Principal, master, etc., not liable for punitive damages for conduct of agent, servant, etc.; exceptions. (a) A principal, employer, or other master shall not be liable for punitive damages for intentional wrongful conduct or conduct involving malice based upon acts or omissions of an agent, employee, or servant of said principal, employer, or master unless the principal, employer, or master either: (i) knew or should have known of the unfitness of the agent, employee, or servant, and employed him or continued to employ him, or used his services without proper instruction with a disregard of the rights or safety of others; or (ii) authorized the wrongful conduct; or (iii) ratified the wrongful conduct; or unless the acts of the agent, servant, or employee were calculated to or did benefit the principal, employer, or other master, except where the plaintiff knowingly participated with the agent, servant, or employee to commit fraud or wrongful conduct with full knowledge...
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2-17-24
Section 2-17-24 Conduct of investigations and requirement of reports as to organization, business, practices, etc., of persons, firms, etc., engaged in intrastate commerce by commissioner; access to copying, etc., of documentary evidence; powers of commissioner as to witnesses generally; issuance of subpoenas and orders for taking of depositions; enforcement of subpoenas and orders of commissioner, etc., generally; fees of witnesses, etc.; witnesses not to be excused from testifying on grounds of self-incrimination; immunity from prosecution of witnesses as to matters, etc., upon which compelled to testify. (a) The commissioner shall also have power: (1) To gather and compile information concerning and to investigate from time to time the organization, business, conduct, practices and management of any person, firm or corporation engaged in intrastate commerce and the relation thereof to other persons, firms and corporations; (2) To require, by general or special order, persons, firms...
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8-6-15
Section 8-6-15 Investigations and subpoenas by commission. (a) The Securities Commission, in its discretion, may: (1) Make such public or private investigations within or outside of this state as he deems necessary to determine whether any registration in the sale of securities should be granted, denied, or revoked, whether any person has violated or is about to violate any provision of this article or any rule or order hereunder, to aid in the enforcement of this article or in the prescribing of rules and forms hereunder; (2) Require or permit any person to file a statement in writing, under oath, or otherwise as the commission may determine, as to all the facts and circumstances concerning the matter to be investigated; and (3) Publish information concerning any violation of this article or any rule or order hereunder. (b) For the purpose of any investigation or proceeding under this article, the Securities Commission or any officer designated by it may administer oaths and...
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