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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61067</law_id><section_number>19.2-162</section_number><catch_line>Continuances to be granted if necessary</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="10">Disability of Judge or Attorney for Commonwealth; Court- Appointed Counsel; Interpreters; Transcripts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Appointment of Attorney for Accused</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p><span class="dictionary">Courts</span> before which criminal proceedings are pending shall afford such <span class="dictionary">continuances</span> and take such other action as is necessary to comply with the provisions of this chapter.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 19.1-241.4, 19.1-241.10; 1964, c. 657; 1973, c. 316; 1975, c. 495.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
