No member or former member of the General Assembly shall be arrested or imprisoned for or on account of any words spoken or written or any proceedings had in either house; but nothing herein shall in any respect restrict the power which each house of the General Assembly has over its respective members.
Va. Code Ann. § 30-9
Privilege of members for words spoken or written
Code 1919, § 302.
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