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However, no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, except that such individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":272521,"text":"No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records before the Commission in any cause or proceeding before the Commission, on the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. 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It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1968, chapter 738; in 1986, chapter 480.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":267975,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75907,"identifier":"60.2-628","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-628","url":"\/60.2-628\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/60.2-628\/","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-628","dublin_core":{"Title":"Protection against self-incrimination","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 60.2-628","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records before the Commission in any cause or proceeding before the Commission, on the ground that the <span class=\"dictionary\">testimony<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span>, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to <span class=\"dictionary\">incriminate<\/span> him or subject him to a <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> or forfeiture. 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However, no\nindividual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or\non account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is\ncompelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to\ntestify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, except that such\nindividual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for\nperjury committed in so testifying.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 60-38; 1968, c. 738, \u00a7 60.1-43; 1986, c. 480.","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}}