CODE OF VIRGINIA

SAME; PROTECTION OF PERSONS TESTIFYING OR PRODUCING EVIDENCE (§ 18.2-501)

(a. No natural person shall be prosecuted or be subjected to any penalty or
forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning
which he may testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, in any
action, suit, or prosecution authorized by this article; provided, that no
person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution or punishment for perjury
committed in so testifying.

(b. As used in this article a “person” is any person, firm,
corporation, partnership or association.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-74.1:3; 1964, c. 623; 1975, cc. 14, 15.