Chap. 325.—An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding to chapter 133
thereof a new section numbered 3425-a prohibiting actions for words used
in proceedings and investigations as to the professional conduct of attorneys

at law. fH B 216]
Approved March 29, 1934

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That the
Code of Virginia be amended by adding to chapter one hundred and
thirty-three thereof a new section numbered thirty-four hundred and
twenty-five-a, which new section shall read as follows:

Section 3425-a. No lawyer, or association, or corporation composed
of lawyers, shall be held liable in any civil action for words written or
spoken in any proceeding concerning, or investigation of, the profes-
sional conduct of any member of the bar of Virginia before any bar
association or committee thereof, unless it be proved by the plaintiff
that such words were used with actual malice, were false, and were
used without any reasonable or probable cause, ,