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HOUSE BILL NO. 2311 Offered January 17, 1997 A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-190 of the Code of Virginia, relating to examinations and recognizances certified to grand jury. ---------- Patron-- Jones, J.C. ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 19.2-190 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 19.2-190. To whom, and when, examination and recognizance to be certified.

Every examination and recognizance for a felony taken under this chapter, shall, by the person taking it, be certified to the clerk of the circuit court of the county or city in which the party charged is to be tried, or the witness is to appear, on or before the first day of its next term; however, in any circuit having monthly terms, if the accused has been admitted to bail, the examination and recognizance may, with the consent of the attorney for the Commonwealth and the attorney for the accused, be certified to the clerk of the circuit court at the second term after the examination. If he fails he may be compelled to do so by attachment as for a contempt.