                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EFFECT OF REPEAL OF TITLE 16 AND AMENDMENT OF TITLE 16.1 (§ 16.1-69.2)

The repeal of Title 16 effective as of July 1, 1956, and amendment of Title 16.1
effective as of July 1, 1973, shall not affect any act or offense done or
committed, or any penalty or forfeiture incurred, or any right established,
accrued or accruing on or before such day, or any prosecution, suit or action
pending on that day. Every such pending prosecution, suit and action shall be
proceeded in, tried and determined in the same court, or in the court which
succeeds to or has its jurisdiction, and any further action taken therein shall
be valid and effective for all purposes, whether taken by the court in its
present or former name or by the judge thereof under his present or former
judicial title. All further proceedings therein shall conform, as far as
practicable, to the provisions of Title 16.1, as amended.

HISTORY: 1956, c. 555; 1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546.