(425 ILCS 25/8) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 8)
Sec. 8. Summons, oaths, and affirmations. The Office shall have power in any
county in the State of Illinois to summon and compel the attendance of
witnesses before it to testify in relation to any matter which is by the
provision of this Act a subject of inquiry and investigation, and may
require the production of any book, paper or other document it deems
pertinent thereto, and it may require the prompt disclosure of the
beneficiaries of any trust by the trustee, the disclosure by any named
beneficiary of a trust of all persons who have any direct or indirect
interest in the trust or who derive any direct or indirect benefit
therefrom, the disclosure of a principal by his nominee, and the
disclosure by a corporation of each person who holds 5% or more of the
shares of stock of the corporation. The Office is hereby authorized
and empowered to administer oaths and affirmations to any persons
appearing as witnesses before it, and false swearing in any manner or
proceeding aforesaid is perjury and shall be punished as such. Any
witness who refuses to be sworn, or who refuses to testify, or disclose
any information sought by the Office to which it is entitled, or who
disobeys any lawful order of the Office, or who fails or refuses to
produce any book, paper or other document touching any matter under
examination, or who is guilty of any contemptuous conduct after being
summoned to appear before the Office to give testimony in relation
to any matter or subject under investigation as aforesaid, is guilty of
a Class A misdemeanor and it shall be the duty of the State
Fire Marshal to make
complaint against the person or persons so refusing to comply with the
summons or order of the State Fire Marshal, before the
circuit court in the
county in which the investigation is being had, and upon the filing of
such complaint, such cause shall proceed in the same manner as other
criminal cases.
(Source: P.A. 101-82, eff. 1-1-20.)
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