CHAPTER 222

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
46-427.1, prescribing the time for the commencement of statutory
periods for suspension or revocation of operators’ and chauffeurs’
licenses, registration certificates or license plates. fH 51)

Approved March 12, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
46-427.1, as follows:

§ 46-427.1. Wherever it is provided in this Title that the operator’s
or chauffeur’s license, or the registration certificates or license plates of
any person be suspended or revoked for a period of time on conviction of
certain offenses, or after a hearing before the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles as provided by law, such period shall be counted from one hun-
dred eighty days after said conviction becomes final or after the order of
the Commissioner, as a result of such hearing, becomes final, or shall be
counted from the date on which said license, certificate or plates are sur-
rendered to the Commissioner or his agent, or to the court or clerk thereof,
regardless of whether or not the record of conviction has been received
by the Commissioner or his agent, whichever period shall first commence;
provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply in
any case where the person whose license is subject to suspension or revo-
cation gives a false name or otherwise conceals his identity.