CHAPTER 402

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 89 a section
numbered 39-7, prohibiting certain persons from holding the office
of justice of the peace.

[H 175]

Approved March 31, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding in Title 39 a section
numbered 39-7 as follows:

§ 39-7. No person whose spouse is a law enforcement officer or is
otherwise charged with the duty of enforcing any of the laws of this
Commonwealth or any ordinance of any political subdivision thereof shall
be eligible for appointment or election to the office of justice of the peace
in any county, city or town in this State, nor shall any person whose
spouse is a clerk, deputy clerk, assistant clerk, or employee of any such
clerk, of the court not of record of a county, city or town be eligible for
election or appointment to the office of justice of the peace of such county,
city or town. This section shall not apply to incumbents of such office who
are in office when this act becomes effective.