Chap. 413.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 25 of chapter 407 of the acts
of 1924, relating to intoxicating liquors, so as to prohibit the operation of
automobiles by persons while intoxicated or under the influence of narcotic
drugs, or self-administered intoxicants of any nature, and to require clerks of
courts and justices to report such convictions to the director of the division
of motor vehicles. {[S B 160]

Approved March 23, 1928

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty-five of chapter four hundred and seven of the acts of nine-
teen hundred twenty-four, as amended by chapter two hundred
and thirty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, relating
to intoxicating liquors, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:

Section 25. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or run
any automobile, car, truck, engine, or train while under the influence
of intoxicants or narcotic drugs, or any other self-administered intox1-
cants of whatsoever nature. If any person violates the provisions of
this section he shall be guilty of misdemeanor punishable by a fine of
not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars,
and imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than one year,
for the first offense, provided the court in a proper case may suspend
the jail sentence. Any person convicted of a second or subsequent
offense under this section, shall be punishable by a fine of not less
than one hundred dollars and not more than one thousand and by
Imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than two vears,
and no court shall suspend the sentence. The judgment of convic-
tion for any offense under this section shall of itself operate to deprive
him of his right to drive such vehicle or conveyance for a period of
one year from the date of such judgment. If any person so convicted
shall, during the year, drive any such vehicle or conveyance he shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor; but nothing in this section shall he con-
strued as conflicting with or repealing any ordinance or resolution of
any city, town or county, heretofore or hereafter adopted, which
restricts still further the rights of such persons to drive anv such
vehicle or conveyance. The clerks of all courts of record and every
justice of the peace, including police, trial and juvenile justices, are
hereby required, within thirty days after final conviction of any person
under this section in his court, to report the fact thereof and the name
and address of such person, together with the license plate number
on the vehicle operated by such person, to the director of the division
of motor vehicles who shall preserve a record thereof in his office.