Chap. 355.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 1, Chapter 12 of the
Code of Virginia (1860), with Regard to Duelling.

Approved October 31, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section one
of chapter twelve of the Code of Virginia (eighteen hundred
and sixty), be amended and re-enacted so as to read as fol-
lows:

Ҥ1. From and after the twenty-sixth day of January,
eighteen hundred and seventy, no person who, while a citizen
of this state, shall fight a duel with a deadly weapon, send or
accept a challenge to fight a duel with a deadly weapon, either
within or beyond the boundaries of this state, or knowingly
convey a challenge, or aid or assist in any manner in fighting a
duel, shall be capable of being elected or appointed to, or of
holding, any office or post of profit, trust, or emolument, civil
or military, legislative, executive, or judicial, under the govern-
ment of this commonwealth. Every person who may have
been the bearer of such challenge or acceptance, or otherwise
engaged or concerned in any duel, may be required, in any
prosecution against any person but himself for having fought,
or aided, or abetted in such duel, to testify as a witness in such
prosecution; but any statement made by such person, as such
Witness, shall not be used against him in any prosecution
against himself.”

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.