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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 708 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 1972 \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 1973, chapter 546; in 2018, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0164\">164<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":68000,"section_number":"16.1-69.12","catch_line":"Limitations on practice of law by judges","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-69.12\/"},{"id":65606,"section_number":"16.1-69.6","catch_line":"Establishment of districts","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-69.6\/"}],"permalink":{"id":162165,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55293,"identifier":"16.1-69.31","token":"16.1\/4.1\/3\/16.1-69.31","url":"\/16.1-69.31\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-69.31\/","token":"16.1\/4.1\/3\/16.1-69.31","dublin_core":{"Title":"The duties of the Judicial Council","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-69.31","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The duties of the Judicial Council with respect to the district <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> system shall include those set forth in \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Establishment of districts\" href=\"\/16.1-69.6\/\">16.1-69.6<\/a> through <a class=\"law\" title=\"Limitations on practice of law by judges\" href=\"\/16.1-69.12\/\">16.1-69.12<\/a>, and such other duties as may be assigned to the Council by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTHE DUTIES OF THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL (\u00a7 16.1-69.31)\n\nThe duties of the Judicial Council with respect to the district court system\nshall include those set forth in \u00a7\u00a7 16.1-69.6 through 16.1-69.12, and such\nother duties as may be assigned to the Council by law.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546; 2018, c. 164.","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}}