CHAPTER 361

An Act to amend and reenact §$§ 16.1-26 and 16.1-27 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating, respectively, to the powers of courts not of record to
punish for contempt and to issue process. 34

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Approved March 30, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 16.1-26 and 16.1-27 of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 16.1-26. A judge of a court not of record shall have the same
powers and jurisdiction as a judge of a court of record to punish summar-
ily for contempt, but in no case shall the fine exceed fifty dollars and im-
prisonment exceed *ten days for the same contempt. From any such fine
or sentence there shall be an appeal of right within the period prescribed
in this title and to the court or courts designated therein for appeals in
other cases and the proceedings on such appeal shall conform in all re-
spects to the provisions of § *18.1-294.

§ 16.1-27. Except as otherwise provided by general law or by muni-
cipal charter, a judge of a court not of record may, within the scope of his
general jurisdiction within the area which his court serves, issue war-
rants, summons and subpoenas, including subpoenas duces tecum or other
process, in civil and criminal cases, to be returned before his court, and
may also issue fugitive warrants and conduct proceedings thereon in
accordance with the provisions of §§ *19.1-68 to 19.1-68.

2. This act shall become effective on July 1, 1960.