Authority to confer immunity in criminal proceedings; court a competent authority · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 50.30 Authority to confer immunity in criminal proceedings; court a
competent authority.
In any criminal proceeding, other than a grand jury proceeding, the court is a competent authority to confer immunity in accordance with the provisions of section 50.20, but only when expressly requested by the district attorney to do so.
Outside a grand jury, a criminal court may confer immunity under § 50.20 only when the district attorney expressly asks the court to do so. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 2 — The Court Officer: Criminal Procedure Law; Volume 2 — Your Career: Criminal Procedure in Plain English.