                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUSPENSION OF JUDGE (§ 17.1-911)

A. In any pending investigation or formal hearing, the Commission may suspend a
judge with pay if it finds that there is probable cause to believe that the
continued performance of judicial duties by the judge constitutes both a
substantial and immediate threat to the public interest in the administration of
justice.

B. The Commission shall give the judge reasonable notice of such suspension as
prescribed by the rules of the Commission and, if requested by the judge or his
attorney, shall schedule a hearing during the first fifteen days of the
suspension in order to determine whether justice would be served for the
suspension to continue until the completion of the investigation or formal
hearing.

C. Any judge whose powers are suspended by the Commission shall not exercise
judicial powers during such suspension, but shall continue to be bound by the
Canons of Judicial Conduct.

HISTORY: 1998, cc. 672, 862, § 2.1-37.12:1; 2001, cc. 309, 318, 844.