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It has been modified 3 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 1952, chapter 272; in 2016, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0588\">588<\/a>; in 2020, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1047\">1047<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":186481,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67192,"identifier":"23.1-2509","token":"23.1\/IV\/25\/23.1-2509","url":"\/23.1-2509\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-2509\/","token":"23.1\/IV\/25\/23.1-2509","dublin_core":{"Title":"Conferring of degrees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-2509","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The Governor, the board, the superintendent, and the faculty of the Institute may confer a degree upon any qualified graduate. <a id=\"paragraph-243578\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/23.1-2509\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> As a board of a military institute, the board shall not confer honorary degrees. <a id=\"paragraph-243579\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/23.1-2509\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONFERRING OF DEGREES (\u00a7 23.1-2509)\n\nA. The Governor, the board, the superintendent, and the faculty of the Institute\nmay confer a degree upon any qualified graduate.\n\nB. As a board of a military institute, the board shall not confer honorary\ndegrees.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 848, \u00a7 23-110; 1926, p. 718; 1927, p. 201; 1952, c. 272;\n2016, c. 588; 2020, c. 1047.","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}}