An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-299, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to devices signalling intention to turn or stop and rules therefor.
Volume 1968 Law 99
Volume | 1934 |
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Law Number | 153 |
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Chap. 153.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 15 of chapter 385 of the Acts
of Assembly of 1932, entitled an act to provide for the licensing of chauffeurs,
and other motor vehicle operators, and for the suspension and revocation of
such licenses for certain causes; to fix liability on certain persons for negli-
gence in the operation of motor vehicles on the public highways; and to pre-
scribe penalties for violations of certain provisions of this act, approved March
29, 1932. ; [H B 206]
Approved March 24, 1934
1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
fifteen of chapter three hundred and eight-five of the Acts of Assembly
of nineteen hundred thirty-two, entitled, an act to provide for the l-
censing of chauffeurs, and other motor vehicle operators, and for the
suspension and revocation of such licenses for certain causes; to fix
liability on certain persons for negligence in the operation of motor
vehicles on the public highways; and to prescribe penalties for violations
of certain provisions of this act, approved March twenty-ninth, nineteen
hundred and thirty-two, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:
Section 15. Licenses to be signed and carried.—(a) Every person
licensed as an operator and every person licensed as a chauffeur shall
write his usual signature with pen and ink in the space provided for
that purpose on the license certificate issued to him immediately upon
receipt of such certificate, and such license shall not be valid until the
certificate is so signed.
(b) The licensee shall have such license in his immediate possession
at all times when driving a motor vehicle and shail display the same
upon demand of any person charged with the duty of enforcing the
motor vehicle laws of this State.
Any person violating the provisions of this subsection shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction punished by a fine of not
less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than ten ($10.00) dollars.