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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 636 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 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 2024, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0485\">485<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":67699,"section_number":"18.2-67.4","catch_line":"Sexual battery","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.4\/"},{"id":70257,"section_number":"18.2-67.4:2","catch_line":"Sexual abuse of a child under 15 years of age; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.4_2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":169533,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74432,"identifier":"19.2-303.1","token":"19.2\/18\/1\/19.2-303.1","url":"\/19.2-303.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-303.1\/","token":"19.2\/18\/1\/19.2-303.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Fixing period of suspension of sentence","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-303.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In any case where a <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> suspends the imposition or execution of a sentence, it may fix the period of suspension for up to the statutory maximum period for which the <span class=\"dictionary\">defendant<\/span> might originally have been sentenced to be imprisoned; however, the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> may fix the period of suspension for a period not to exceed three years for a violation of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Sexual battery\" href=\"\/18.2-67.4\/\">18.2-67.4<\/a> or <a class=\"law\" title=\"Sexual abuse of a child under 15 years of age; penalty\" href=\"\/18.2-67.4_2\/\">18.2-67.4:2<\/a>. 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The limitation on\nthe period of suspension shall not apply to the extent that an additional period\nof suspension is necessary for the defendant to participate in a court-ordered\nprogram.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 636; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 538; 2024, c. 485.","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}}