WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 289

offenses set forth under this subheading[, provided that] .
EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED UNDER § 9-123 OF THE COURTS ARTICLE,
any person so compelled to testify on behalf of the State in any
such case shall be exempt from prosecution, trial, and punishment
for any and all such crimes and offenses about which such person
was so compelled to testify.]

[371.

No person shall refuse to testify concerning any lotteries
because his testimony would implicate himself and he shall be a
competent witness and compellable to testify against any person
or persons who may have committed any of the offenses set forth
under this subtitle, provided that any person so compelled to
testify in behalf of the State in any such case shall be exempt
from prosecution, trial and punishment for any and all such
crimes and offenses of which such person so testifying may have
been guilty as a participant therein and about which he was so
compelled to testify.]

400.

[(a)] It is unlawful for any person under the age of 21
years to knowingly and willfully make any misrepresentation or
false statement as to the person's age and, by reason of the
misrepresentation or false statement, obtain any alcoholic
beverages from any person licensed to sell alcoholic beverages
under the laws of this State.

[(b) The testimony given by a person under 21 years of age
in the prosecution of any person for unlawfully selling alcoholic
beverages to persons under 21 years of age may not be used
against the person giving the testimony in prosecuting that
person for violations of this section.]

[540.

No person shall be excused from attending and testifying, or
producing any books, papers, or other documents before any court,
or grand jury upon any investigation, proceeding or trial, for or
relating to or concerned with a violation of any section of this
subtitle or attempt to commit such violation, upon the ground or
for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or
otherwise, required of him by the State may tend to convict him
of a crime or to subject him to a 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 so testify or produce evidence,
documentary or otherwise, and no testimony so given or produced
shall be received against him, upon any criminal investigation,
proceeding or trial, except upon a prosecution for perjury or
contempt of court based upon the giving or producing of such
testimony.]

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