Chap. 165.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4953 of the Code of Virginia,
relating to confinement in jail until fine and costs or costs, are paid. [H B 249]

Approved March 22, 1932

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion forty-nine hundred and fifty-three of the Code of Virginia, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: a

Section 4953. Ifa person is confined in jail by order of any court
or justice until his fine and costs, or costs where there is no fine, are
paid, or under a capias pro fine, such confinement shall not exceed
five days when the fine and costs, or costs where there is no fine,
are less than five dollars, when less than ten dollars it shall not ex-
ceed ten days, when less than twenty-five dollars it shall not ex-
ceed fifteen days, when less than fifty dollars it shall not exceed
thirty days, and in no case shall the confinement exceed two months.
The jailer, upon commitment, shall note the amount of fine and costs,
or costs where there is no fine, and the date of commitment, and shall,
without further order or direction, release the defendant from jail
promptly upon the expiration of the limitation above prescribed, and
said defendant shall not thereafter be imprisoned for failure to pay the
fine and costs, or costs, in that case; but nothing herein or in the
preceding section shall prevent the issue of a writ of fieri facias after
such release from jail.