CHAPTER 133

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 16-172.80, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, so as to provide for the issuance of summons to juveniles
charged with violation of the traffic laws. CH 3816]

Approved February 24, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 16-172.30, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended
and reenacted as follows:
CHS. 138, 134, 135] ACTS OF ASSEMBLY 139

__ § 16-172.30. When the court receives reliable information that any
hild or minor is within the purview of this law or subject to the juris-
diction of the court hereunder, except for a * traffic violation or violation
of the game and fish law, the court shall require an investigation which
may include the physical, mental and social conditions and personality of
the child or minor and the facts and circumstances surrounding the
violation of the law. The court may then proceed informally and make
such adjustment as is practicable without a petition or may authorize a
petition to be filed by any person and if any such person does not file a
tition a probation officer or a police officer shall file it; but nothing
erein shall affect the right of any person to file a petition if he so desires.
In case of violation of the traffic ews. or game and fish laws the court
may proceed on any summons issued without the filing of a petition. Jn
case of violation of the traffic laws such summons may be issued by the
officer investigating the violation in the same manner as provided by
law for adults