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REVOCATION O(F LICENSE
Section 10. Wherever a company is finally convieteki in a
court of competent jurisdiction, of violating any of the' pro-
visions of this Act, as provided in section 9, it shall be the duty
of the insurance commissioner to revoke, if it be for the first
violation of this Act by such company, the authority of such.
convicted company and its agents to do business in this state
for a period off three months, and, if it be a second conviction,
the authority of such company and its agents shall be revoked
for a period of twelve months.  * *
E VIDENCE
Section 11. No person shall be excused from giving testi-
mony or producing evidence when legally called upon so to do at
the trial of any person charged with violating any of the pro-
visions of this Act on the ground that it may incriminate him
under the laws of this state, 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 under the authority of this Act, except
for perjury in so testifying.
EXAMINATION BY BOInAR
Section '12. Said board shall have the tight, at Palny timle it-
triay be deemed -necessary by said board so lo do, to examlt-
ine through agents appointed for that purpose, or ottierwise,
the books, records and papers of any insurance company af-
fected by this Act and which pertain to the rates charged for
insurance regulated by this Act, and to examine the surveys,
books, records and papers of any board of underwriters, rat-
ing bureau or organization of any character composed of insur-
ance companies or their agents or person or persons perform-
ing duties connected with rates of insurance regulated by this
Act. * * *
EXEMPTIONS
Section 14. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to
purely mutual or to purely profit-sharing fire insurance com-