CHAPTER 548

An Act to amend and reenact § 19-299 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to recovery of fines.
[H 839]

Approved April 5, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 19-299 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 19-299. When any statute imposes a fine, unless it be otherwise
expressly provided or would be inconsistent with the manifest intention
of the General Assembly, it shall be to the Commonwealth and recover-
able by presentment, indictment, or information. When a fine without
corporal punishment is prescribed, the same may be recovered, if limited
to an amount not exceeding twenty dollars, by warrant, and if not so
limited, * by motion for judgment under the Rules of Court. The pro-
ceedings shall be in the name of the Commonwealth. No action, suit or
proceeding of any nature, however, shall be brought or had for the
recovery of a fine or costs due the Commonwealth or any political sub-
division thereof, unless within twenty years from the date of the judg-
ment imposing the fine.