(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.
Code 1950, § 18.1-74.1:3; 1964, c. 623; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
§ 18.2-494. Unlawful use of, filling or refilling or trafficking in containers
§ 18.2-495. Presumptive evidence
§ 18.2-496. Punishment for violation
§ 18.2-498.3. Misrepresentations prohibited
§ 18.2-498.4. Duty to provide certified statement
§ 18.2-498.5. Actions on behalf of Commonwealth or localities
§ 18.2-500. Same; civil relief; damages and counsel fees; injunctions
§ 18.2-501. Same; protection of persons testifying or producing evidence
§ 18.2-502. Medical referral for profit
§ 18.2-502.1. Weight loss centers or clinics; disclosure
§ 18.2-502.2. Warning required for certain medical tests; penalty
§ 18.2-503. Possession or duplication of certain keys
§ 18.2-504. Destroying or concealing wills
§ 18.2-504.1. Unlawful change of name; punishment
§ 18.2-505. Preparation, etc., of papers to be submitted for academic credit
§ 18.2-506. "Person" and "prepare" defined
§ 18.2-507. Injunctions against violation of § 18.2-505
§ 18.2-509. Employment of lights under certain circumstances
§ 18.2-510. Burial or cremation of animals or fowls which have died
§ 18.2-511. Sale of certain military grave markers prohibited
§ 18.2-511.1. Smoking in proximity to a medical oxygen source in a health care facility; penalty