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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 1960, chapter 366; in 1975, chapter 495.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":168757,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70795,"identifier":"19.2-203","token":"19.2\/13\/2\/19.2-203","url":"\/19.2-203\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-203\/","token":"19.2\/13\/2\/19.2-203","dublin_core":{"Title":"Indictments ignored may be sent to another grand jury; what irregularities not to vitiate indictment, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-203","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Although a <span class=\"dictionary\">bill of indictment<\/span> be returned not a <span class=\"dictionary\">true bill<\/span> the same or another <span class=\"dictionary\">bill of indictment<\/span> against the same person for the same <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> may be sent to, and acted on, by the same or another <span class=\"dictionary\">grand jury<\/span>. 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No irregularity in the time or\nmanner of selecting the jurors, or in the writ of venire facias, or in the\nmanner of executing the same, shall vitiate any presentment, indictment or\nfinding of a grand jury.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-158; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.","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}}