24.2-1018 - Immunity of witnesses. - Virginia Statutes

§ 24.2-1018. Immunity of witnesses.

No witness called by the court or attorney for the Commonwealth and givingevidence for the prosecution, either before a grand jury or the court in anyprosecution under this title, shall ever be proceeded against for any offensemade penal by the provisions of this title and committed by him at or inconnection with the events germane to the matter being prosecuted; but suchwitness shall be compelled to testify, and for refusing to answer questions,he may be punished for contempt by the court.

(Code 1950, § 24-449; 1954, c. 347; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-281; 1993, c. 641.)