Home > For Small Business > Litigation > Criminal Procedure > Virginia Code 19.2-2 - Effect of repeal of Title 19.1 and enactment of this title

Criminal Procedure

For this topic:

Search the Virginia Code

Virginia Code 19.2-2 - Effect of repeal of Title 19.1 and enactment of this title

Virginia Code > Title 19.2 > Chapter 1 > § 19.2-2 - Effect of repeal of Title 19.1 and enactment of this title

^{Current as of: 2011}

^{Check for updates}

2008 version

§ 19.2-2. Effect of repeal of Title 19.1 and enactment of this title.

The repeal of Title 19.1 effective as of October 1, 1975, shall not affect any act or offense done or committed, or any penalty or forfeiture incurred, or any right established, accrued, or accruing on or before such date, or any prosecution, suit or action pending on that day. Except as herein otherwise provided, neither the repeal of Title 19.1 nor the enactment of this title shall apply to offenses committed prior to October 1, 1975, and prosecutions for such offenses shall be governed by the prior law, which is continued in effect for that purpose. For the purposes of this section, an offense was committed prior to October 1, 1975, if any of the essential elements of the offense occurred prior thereto.

(1975, c. 495.)

________________________________________________________________________

Bookmark

Comments (0) add comment

Criminal Procedure

Virginia Code 19.2-2 - Effect of repeal of Title 19.1 and enactment of this title

Virginia Code > Title 19.2 > Chapter 1 > § 19.2-2 - Effect of repeal of Title 19.1 and enactment of this title

Questions & Answers: Criminal Procedure

Virginia Laws: Criminal Procedure

U.S. Constitution Provisions: Criminal Procedure

U.S. Code Provisions: Criminal Procedure