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Drug Law in Virginia 18.2-262
Drug Law in Virginia 18.2-262
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Witnesses not excused from testifying or producing evidence because of
self-incrimination.
self-incrimination.
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.
(Code 1950, § 54-524.107:1; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 170; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1984, c.
667.)
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.
(Code 1950, § 54-524.107:1; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 170; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1984, c.
667.)