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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="6-310" title_number="6" title_name="State Fire Prevention Commission and State Fire Marshal" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="State Fire Marshal">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State Fire Marshal may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>take the testimony under oath of any person suspected to know or to have the means to know any facts that relate to the matter that is the subject of the inspection or investigation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>cause the testimony to be reduced to writing.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State Fire Marshal shall transmit a copy of the testimony taken under paragraph (1) of this subsection to the State’s Attorney for the county where the fire or explosion or attempt to cause a fire or explosion occurred.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The State Fire Marshal may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses to testify in relation to any matter that is the subject of an investigation by the State Fire Marshal under this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>issue subpoenas requiring the production of documents that relate to any matter that is the subject of an investigation by the State Fire Marshal under this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>administer oaths to witnesses.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who testifies falsely under oath in a matter or proceeding of the State Fire Marshal under this subtitle is guilty of perjury and on conviction is subject to the penalties for perjury.</text>
  </level>
</section>
