                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONFINEMENT TO AWAIT REQUISITION; BAIL (§ 19.2-101)

If from the examination before the judge it appears that the person held
pursuant to either of the two preceding sections is the person charged with
having committed the crime alleged and, except in cases arising under §
19.2-91, that he has fled from justice, the judge shall, by a warrant reciting
the accusation, commit him to jail for such a time, not exceeding thirty days,
specified in the warrant as will enable the arrest of the accused to be made
under a warrant of the Governor on a requisition of the executive authority of
the state having jurisdiction of the offense, unless the accused give bail as
provided in the next section, or until he shall be legally discharged.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-65; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.