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This law was first created in 1956. 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 2 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 1972, chapter 708; in 1973, chapter 546.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":162001,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54169,"identifier":"16.1-69.2","token":"16.1\/4.1\/1\/16.1-69.2","url":"\/16.1-69.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-69.2\/","token":"16.1\/4.1\/1\/16.1-69.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of repeal of Title 16 and amendment of Title 16.1","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-69.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The repeal of Title 16 effective as of July 1, 1956, and amendment of Title 16.1 effective as of July 1, 1973, shall not affect any act or offense<\/span> done or committed, or any penalty<\/span> or forfeiture incurred, or any right established, accrued or accruing on or before such day, or any prosecution<\/span>, suit or action pending on that day. Every such pending prosecution<\/span>, suit and action shall be proceeded in, tried and determined in the same court<\/span>, or in the court<\/span> which succeeds to or has its jurisdiction<\/span>, and any further action taken therein shall be valid and effective for all purposes, whether taken by the court<\/span> in its present or former name or by the judge<\/span> thereof under his present or former judicial title. All further proceedings therein shall conform, as far as practicable, to the provisions of Title 16.1, as amended.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF REPEAL OF TITLE 16 AND AMENDMENT OF TITLE 16.1 (\u00a7 16.1-69.2)\n\nThe repeal of Title 16 effective as of July 1, 1956, and amendment of Title 16.1\neffective as of July 1, 1973, shall not affect any act or offense done or\ncommitted, or any penalty or forfeiture incurred, or any right established,\naccrued or accruing on or before such day, or any prosecution, suit or action\npending on that day. Every such pending prosecution, suit and action shall be\nproceeded in, tried and determined in the same court, or in the court which\nsucceeds to or has its jurisdiction, and any further action taken therein shall\nbe valid and effective for all purposes, whether taken by the court in its\npresent or former name or by the judge thereof under his present or former\njudicial title. All further proceedings therein shall conform, as far as\npracticable, to the provisions of Title 16.1, as amended.\n\nHISTORY: 1956, c. 555; 1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546.","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}}