19.2-215.7 - Warnings given to witnesses; when witness in contempt; use of testimony compelled after witness invokes right against self-incrimination.
§ 19.2-215.7. Warnings given to witnesses; when witness in contempt; use oftestimony compelled after witness invokes right against self-incrimination.
A. Every witness testifying before a multi-jurisdiction grand jury shall bewarned by special counsel or by the foreman of the grand jury that he neednot answer any question that would tend to incriminate him, and that he maylater be called upon to testify in any case that may result from the grandjury proceedings.
B. A witness who has been called to testify or produce evidence before amulti-jurisdiction grand jury, and who refuses to testify or produce evidenceby expressly invoking his right not to incriminate himself, may be compelledto testify or produce evidence by the presiding judge. A witness who refusesto testify or produce evidence after being ordered to do so by the presidingjudge may be held in contempt and may be incarcerated until the contempt ispurged by compliance with the order.
C. When a witness is compelled to testify or produce evidence after expresslyinvoking his right not to incriminate himself, and the presiding judge hasdetermined that the assertion of the right is bona fide, the compelledtestimony, or any information directly or indirectly derived from suchtestimony or other information, shall not be used against the witness in anycriminal proceeding except a prosecution for perjury.
(1983, c. 543.)