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Insofar as is practicable all such records and rules shall be uniform throughout the Commonwealth.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":312059,"text":"The chief judge may adopt and publish rules not in violation of law or in conflict with rules adopted pursuant to Chapter 4.1 (\u00a7 16.1-69.1 et seq.) of this title to regulate the conduct of the clerks and employees of the court, which rules shall be construed and enforced liberally in furtherance of the remedial purposes of this chapter. 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It has been modified 6 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1956, chapter 555; in 1968, chapter 451; in 1972, chapter 708; in 1973, chapter 546; in 1975, chapter 334; in 1977, chapter 559.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":72621,"section_number":"16.1-69.1","catch_line":"Repealing clause","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-69.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":161433,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87144,"identifier":"16.1-231","token":"16.1\/11\/2\/16.1-231","url":"\/16.1-231\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-231\/","token":"16.1\/11\/2\/16.1-231","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rules of procedure","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-231","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">chief judge<\/span> may adopt and publish rules not in violation of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> or in conflict with rules adopted pursuant to Chapter 4.1 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Repealing clause\" href=\"\/16.1-69.1\/\">16.1-69.1<\/a> et seq.) of this title to regulate the conduct of the clerks and employees of <span class=\"dictionary\">the court<\/span>, which rules shall be construed and enforced liberally in furtherance of the remedial purposes of this chapter. 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