CHAPTER 378

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
1-13.88, to provide for the method of compliance with Section 52 of the
Constitution in certain cases, and to ratify, validate and confirm
certain references.

(S 242]

Approved March 30, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
1-13.38 as follows:

§ 1-13.38. It shall be deemed a sufficient compliance with Section 52
of the Constitution if, in any bill introduced in the General Assembly or
enacted by it, the title and other portions of such bills refer to the act, or
to the section involved, by the section number given the same by the Code
Commission pursuant to law and set forth in the appropriate volume, re-
placement volume or supplement of the Code of Virginia; provided, how-
ever, that this shall not apply if the title of any such bill or act is not
otherwise in compliance with Section 52 of the Constitution. All references
to such section numbers given by the Code Commission pursuant to law
are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed.