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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 555 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1956 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1960, chapter 362.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":57792,"section_number":"19.2-71","catch_line":"Who may issue process of arrest","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-71\/"}],"permalink":{"id":162701,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73081,"identifier":"16.1-127","token":"16.1\/7\/1\/16.1-127","url":"\/16.1-127\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-127\/","token":"16.1\/7\/1\/16.1-127","dublin_core":{"Title":"Courts may conduct preliminary examinations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-127","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In addition to the power and authority conferred by this chapter on <span class=\"dictionary\">courts<\/span> not of record having criminal <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span>, each such <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> shall have power to conduct preliminary examinations of persons charged with <span class=\"dictionary\">crime<\/span> within its <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> in the manner prescribed in Chapter 7 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Who may issue process of arrest\" href=\"\/19.2-71\/\">19.2-71<\/a> et seq.) of Title 19.2.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOURTS MAY CONDUCT PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS (\u00a7 16.1-127)\n\nIn addition to the power and authority conferred by this chapter on courts not\nof record having criminal jurisdiction, each such court shall have power to\nconduct preliminary examinations of persons charged with crime within its\njurisdiction in the manner prescribed in Chapter 7 (\u00a7 19.2-71 et seq.) of Title\n19.2.\n\nHISTORY: 1956, c. 555; 1960, c. 362.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}