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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 683 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 1978 \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 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0794\">794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":265033,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70385,"identifier":"6.2-708","token":"6.2\/II\/7\/6.2-708","url":"\/6.2-708\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-708\/","token":"6.2\/II\/7\/6.2-708","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unsafe or unsound practices; cease and desist orders","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-708","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Upon <span class=\"dictionary\">finding<\/span> that any activity of a <span class=\"dictionary\">financial institution holding company<\/span>, including the control of an <span class=\"dictionary\">entity<\/span> other than a <span class=\"dictionary\">Virginia financial institution<\/span>, is or may be detrimental to the safety or soundness of a financial institution that is subject to regulation under the <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, after reasonable notice to the <span class=\"dictionary\">financial institution holding company<\/span> and an opportunity for it to be heard, shall have authority to <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> it to cease and desist from such activity.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNSAFE OR UNSOUND PRACTICES; CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS (\u00a7 6.2-708)\n\nUpon finding that any activity of a financial institution holding company,\nincluding the control of an entity other than a Virginia financial institution,\nis or may be detrimental to the safety or soundness of a financial institution\nthat is subject to regulation under the laws of the Commonwealth, the\nCommission, after reasonable notice to the financial institution holding company\nand an opportunity for it to be heard, shall have authority to order it to cease\nand desist from such activity.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 683, \u00a7 6.1-385; 2010, c. 794.","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}}