CHAPTER 196

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-555.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to fingerprinting of persons charged with a felony, and empowering
police authorities of certain cities to fingerprint persons arrested and
charged with a misdemeanor under certain circumstances. CH 242]

Approved March 2, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 15-555.1 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 15-555.1. All duly constituted police authorities of counties, cities
and towns are hereby authorized to take the fingerprints of any person
arrested and charged by them with a felony, and such authorities of cities
having a population of more than eighty thousand are further authorized
to take the fingerprints of any person arrested and charged by them with
a misdemeanor, other than a misdemeanor under Title 46, where such
person is taken into physical custody by such police authorities.