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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 495 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2014, chapter 389<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65310,"section_number":"19.2-215.4","catch_line":"Number and qualifications of jurors; grand jury list; when convened; compensation of jurors","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-215.4\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":168707,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82990,"identifier":"19.2-192","token":"19.2\/13\/1\/19.2-192","url":"\/19.2-192\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-192\/","token":"19.2\/13\/1\/19.2-192","dublin_core":{"Title":"Secrecy in grand jury proceedings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-192","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every attorney for the Commonwealth, special counsel<\/span>, sworn investigator, and member of a regular, special, or multi-jurisdiction<\/span> grand jury<\/span> shall keep secret all proceedings which occurred during sessions of the grand jury<\/span>; provided, however, in a prosecution<\/span> for perjury<\/span> of a witness<\/span> examined before a regular grand jury<\/span>, a regular grand juror may be required by the court<\/span> to testify as to the testimony<\/span> given by such witness<\/span> before the regular grand jury<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSECRECY IN GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS (\u00a7 19.2-192)\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in this chapter, every attorney for the\nCommonwealth, special counsel, sworn investigator, and member of a regular,\nspecial, or multi-jurisdiction grand jury shall keep secret all proceedings\nwhich occurred during sessions of the grand jury; provided, however, in a\nprosecution for perjury of a witness examined before a regular grand jury, a\nregular grand juror may be required by the court to testify as to the testimony\ngiven by such witness before the regular grand jury.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 495; 2014, c. 389.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}