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CHAPTER 407 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 23 of Title 19.2 a section numbered 19.2-392.01 and to repeal § 15.1-136 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the taking of fingerprints. [S 660] Approved March 20, 1995

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 23 of Title 19.2 a section numbered 19.2-392.01 as follows:

§ 19.2-392.01. Judges may require taking of fingerprints and photographs in certain misdemeanor cases.

The judge of a general district court may, in his discretion, on motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth, require the duly constituted police officers of the county, city or town within the territorial jurisdiction of the court to take the fingerprints and photograph of any person who has been arrested and charged with a misdemeanor other than a misdemeanor which is a violation of any provision of Title 46.2.

2. That § 15.1-136 of the Code of Virginia is repealed.