CHAPTER 571

An Act to amend and reenact § 28-9 of the Code of Virginia, relating to
approval of institutions of learning for conferring of college degrees.

[S 441]
Approved April 5, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

a That § 23-9 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 23-9. No institution of learning in the State shall confer any college
degree, whether academic, professional or honorary, unless and until such
institution has been approved for such purpose by the State Board of
Education. The provision of this section shall not apply to the institutions
of higher learning accredited by the State Board of Education for granting
of college degrees prior to the initial enactment of this section or specifi-
cally authorized by an act of the General Assembly. Any person, firm,
association or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section
shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more
than one thousand dollars, and the granting of each degree in violation of
this section shall constitute a separate offense.