Subpoenas; Oaths; Perjury

Act 69 of 1933, § 903, under SECOND CLASS TOWNSHIP CODE, THE.

Act 69 of 1933, § 903

Section 903. Subpoenas; Oaths; Perjury.--The board of auditors may issue subpoenas to obtain the attendance of the officers whose accounts they are required to audit or adjust, of their executors and administrators and of any person whom it may be necessary to examine as a witness and to compel their attendance, by attachment, the same as any court of common pleas may in cases pending before them and may also compel the production of all books, vouchers and papers relative to township accounts. The subpoena and attachment shall be issued by a district justice. The board of auditors may administer oaths and affirmations to all persons brought or appearing before them, whether accountants, witnesses or otherwise. All persons swearing or affirming falsely upon examination are guilty of perjury.

Compiler's Note: Section 28 of Act 207 of 2004 provided that any and all references in any other law to a "district justice" or "justice of the peace" shall be deemed to be references to a magisterial district judge.