Code of Virginia § 16.1-69.2. Effect of repeal of Title 16 and amendment of Title 16.1.
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The repeal of Title 16 effective as of July 1, 1956, and amendment of Title 16.1 effective as of July 1, 1973, 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 day, or any prosecution, suit or action pending on that day. Every such pending prosecution, suit and action shall be proceeded in, tried and determined in the same court, or in the court which succeeds to or has its jurisdiction, and any further action taken therein shall be valid and effective for all purposes, whether taken by the court in its present or former name or by the judge thereof under his present or former judicial title.
All further proceedings therein shall conform, as far as practicable, to the provisions of Title 16.1, as amended.
1956, c. 555; 1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546.