                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WITNESSES NOT EXCUSED FROM TESTIFYING OR PRODUCING EVIDENCE BECAUSE OF
SELF-INCRIMINATION (§ 18.2-262)

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

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