18.2-262 - Witnesses not excused from testifying or producing evidence because of self-incrimination. - Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-262. Witnesses not excused from testifying or producing evidencebecause of self-incrimination.

No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing books, papers,correspondence, memoranda or other records for the Commonwealth as to anyoffense alleged to have been committed by another under this article or underthe Drug Control Act (§ 54.1-3400 et seq.) by reason of his testimony orother evidence tending to incriminate himself, but the testimony given andevidence so produced by such person on behalf of the Commonwealth when calledfor by the trial judge or court trying the case, or by the attorney for theCommonwealth, or when summoned by the Commonwealth and sworn as a witness bythe court or the clerk and sent before the grand jury, shall be in no caseused against him nor shall he be prosecuted as to the offense as to which hetestifies. Any person who refuses to testify or produce books, papers,correspondence, memoranda or other records, shall be guilty of a Class 2misdemeanor.

(Code 1950, § 54-524.107:1; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 170; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1984,c. 667.)