CHAPTER 665

An Act to amend and reenact § 46-868, as amended, of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to the application of minors for operators’ Neente? 670)

Approved March 31, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46-363, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows: _

§ 46-363. The Division shall not issue an operator’s license on the
application of any minor under the age of eighteen years, unless such
application is signed by the father * and the mother of the applicant,
except that if there be only one surviving parent or one parent has sole
custody of the minor, as indicated by an appropriate statement on the
application, or if in any case the Commissioner determines that for good
cause it is not feasible to secure the signature of both parents, it shall be
sufficient that the application be signed by the surviving parent, or parent
having sole custody of the minor, or the parent whose signature can be
obtained, otherwise by the * guardian having custody of such minor, or,
in the event a minor under the age of eighteen years has no father,
mother or guardian, then an operator’s license shall not be issued to the
minor unless his application therefor is signed by * the juvenile judge.
Any father and mother, surviving parent, parent having custody, or, in
the discretion of the Commissioner, either parent, in case both are not
present within the State, or guardian, as the case may be, may thereafter
file with the division a written request that the license of said minor so
granted be cancelled. Thereupon, the division shall cancel the license of
said minor and such license shall not thereafter be reissued by the division
until a period of six months has elapsed from the date of cancellation. As
to such minors the Division shall require the applicant to state whether
such minor has been charged with any offense triable by, or tried in, a
juvenile and domestic relations court. If it appears that such minor has
been adjudged by such court not innocent of the offense alleged, the Divi-
sion shall not issue a license without the written approval of the judge
of the juvenile and domestic relations court making an adjudication as to
such minor or the like approval of a similar court of the county or city
in ena the parent, guardian, or employer, respectively, of the child
resides.