(20 ILCS 1705/17) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-17)
Sec. 17.
To make such investigations as may be necessary to the performance
of its duties. In the course of any such investigation, any qualified
person
authorized by the Secretary may administer oaths and secure
by its subpoena
both the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books
and papers relevant to such investigation. Any person who is served with a
subpoena by the Department to appear and testify or to produce books and
papers, in the course of an investigation authorized by law, and who
refuses or neglects to appear, or to testify, or to produce books and
papers relevant to such investigation, as commanded in such subpoena,
commits a Class B misdemeanor. The fees of witnesses for attendance and
travel shall be the same as the fees of witnesses before the circuit courts
of this State. Any circuit court of this State, upon
application of the Department, may compel the attendance of witnesses, the
production of books and papers, and giving of testimony before the
Department or before any authorized officer or employee thereof, by an
attachment for contempt or otherwise, in the same manner as production of
evidence may be compelled before such court. Every person who, having taken
an oath or made affirmation before the Department or any authorized officer
or employee thereof, shall wilfully swear or affirm falsely, shall be
guilty of perjury and upon conviction shall be punished accordingly.
(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
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