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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 414 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 1989 \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 2011, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0572\">572<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0586\">586<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":222075,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71059,"identifier":"44-54.8","token":"44\/1\/4.2\/44-54.8","url":"\/44-54.8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-54.8\/","token":"44\/1\/4.2\/44-54.8","dublin_core":{"Title":"Administration of oaths","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-54.8","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All commissioned officers of the Virginia Defense Force and such other persons or officials as the Adjutant General prescribes are hereby authorized and empowered to administer <span class=\"dictionary\">oaths<\/span> and affirmations in all matters pertaining to and concerning the Virginia Defense Force, including but not limited to the enlistment of soldiers and the appointment of officers therein.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADMINISTRATION OF OATHS (\u00a7 44-54.8)\n\nAll commissioned officers of the Virginia Defense Force and such other persons\nor officials as the Adjutant General prescribes are hereby authorized and\nempowered to administer oaths and affirmations in all matters pertaining to and\nconcerning the Virginia Defense Force, including but not limited to the\nenlistment of soldiers and the appointment of officers therein.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 414; 2011, cc. 572, 586.","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}}