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1999 SESSION
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 8.01-4 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 8.01-4. District courts and circuit courts may prescribe certain rules.
The district courts and circuit courts may, from time to time, prescribe rules
for their respective districts and circuits such. Such rules as may be
reasonably appropriate to shall be strictly limited to only those rules
absolutely necessary to promote proper order and decorum, and the convenient
and efficient use of courthouses and clerks' offices. No rule of any such court
shall be prescribed or enforced which is inconsistent with this statute or any
other statutory provision, or the Rules of the Supreme Court, or contrary to
the decided cases, or which has the effect of abridging substantive rights of persons before
such Court. Any rule of court which violates the provisions of this section
shall be invalid.