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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 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0844\">844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":164083,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82186,"identifier":"17.1-906","token":"17.1\/9\/17.1-906","url":"\/17.1-906\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-906\/","token":"17.1\/9\/17.1-906","dublin_core":{"Title":"Jurisdiction of Supreme Court","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-906","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In addition to the <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> conferred on the Supreme <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span> by Article VI, Section 1 and Section 10 of the Constitution of Virginia, to conduct <span class=\"dictionary\">hearings<\/span> and impose <span class=\"dictionary\">sanctions<\/span> upon the filing by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> of complaints against justices of the Supreme <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">judges<\/span> of other <span class=\"dictionary\">courts<\/span> of record, and members of the State Corporation <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, the Supreme <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span> by virtue of this chapter shall have the same <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span>, to be exercised in the same manner, upon the filing by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> of complaints against all other <span class=\"dictionary\">judges<\/span> as defined in this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJURISDICTION OF SUPREME COURT (\u00a7 17.1-906)\n\nIn addition to the jurisdiction conferred on the Supreme Court by Article VI,\nSection 1 and Section 10 of the Constitution of Virginia, to conduct hearings\nand impose sanctions upon the filing by the Commission of complaints against\njustices of the Supreme Court, judges of other courts of record, and members of\nthe State Corporation Commission, the Supreme Court by virtue of this chapter\nshall have the same jurisdiction, to be exercised in the same manner, upon the\nfiling by the Commission of complaints against all other judges as defined in\nthis chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1971, Ex. 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