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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59002</law_id><section_number>19.2-302</section_number><catch_line>Construction and administration of &#xA7;&#xA7; 19.2-300 and 19.2-301</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="18">Sentence; Judgment; Execution of Sentence</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Nothing contained in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Deferring for mental examination sentence of person convicted of offense indicating sexual abnormality" href="/19.2-300/">19.2-300</a> or <a class="law" title="Judge shall require examination under &#xA7; 19.2-300; by whom made; report; expenses of psychiatrist" href="/19.2-301/">19.2-301</a> shall be construed to conflict with or repeal any <span class="dictionary">statute</span> in regard to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and such sections shall be administered with due regard to the authority of, and in cooperation with, the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-278.4; 1950, p. 898; 1975, c. 495; 2009, cc. 813, 840.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
