CHAPTER 213

An Act to amend and reenact § 46-418 as amended, of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to the revocation of motor vehicle operators’ and
chauffeurs’ licenses.

[H 376]

Approved March 11, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46-418 as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 46-418. The Commissioner, upon receipt of notice that any person
has been legally adjudged to be * mentally ill, * epileptic, or mentally
deficient, * shall forthwith revoke his license, but he shall not revoke the
license if the person has been adjudged competent by judicial order or
decree, or discharged as cured from an institution for the * mentally ill,
epileptic, or mentally deficient, upon a certificate of the person in charge
that the releasee is competent.

In any case in which the person’s license has been revoked or sus-
pended prior to his release it shall not be returned to him unless the
Commissioner is satisfied that he is competent to operate a motor vehicle
with safety to persons and property, and only then if he gives and main-
tains proof of financial responsibility.

The clerk of the court in which any such adjudication is made shall
forthwith send a certified copy or abstract thereof to the Commissioner.