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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>351074</law_id><section_number>18.2-501</section_number><catch_line>Same; protection of persons testifying or producing evidence</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="52" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="11" identifier="12">Miscellaneous</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="2">Conspiracy to Injure Another in Trade, Business or Profession</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> No natural person shall be prosecuted or be subjected to any <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may testify or produce <span class="dictionary">evidence</span>, documentary or otherwise, in any action, suit, or <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> authorized by this article; provided, that no person so testifying shall be exempt from <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> or punishment for <span class="dictionary">perjury</span> committed in so testifying. <a id="paragraph-1307534" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-501/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> As used in this article a &#x201C;person&#x201D; is any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association. <a id="paragraph-1307535" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-501/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-74.1:3; 1964, c. 623; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
