Article III.
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Section 32. Witnesses to testify in cases of bribery and solicitation; punishment

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Witnesses to testify in cases of bribery and solicitation; punishment

Witnesses to testify in cases of bribery and solicitation; punishment

Any person may be compelled to testify in any lawful investigation or judicial proceeding against any person who may be charged with having committed the offence of bribery or corrupt solicitation, or practices of solicitation, and shall not be permitted to withhold his testimony upon the ground that it may criminate himself or subject him to public infamy; but such testimony shall not afterwards be used against him in any judicial proceeding, except for perjury in giving such testimony, and any person convicted of either of the offences aforesaid shall, as part of the punishment therefor, be disqualified from holding any office or position of honor, trust or profit in this Commonwealth.