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It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1958, chapter 393; in 1979, chapter 647; in 2011, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0572\">572<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0586\">586<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1448911,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363863,"identifier":"44-32.1","token":"44\/1\/3\/44-32.1","url":"\/44-32.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-32.1\/","token":"44\/1\/3\/44-32.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Administration of oaths of office and enlistment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-32.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any duly commissioned officer or warrant officer of the Virginia National Guard or any commissioned officer of any of the armed services of the United States may administer the <span class=\"dictionary\">oaths<\/span> of office and enlistment to prospective officers and enlisted personnel desirous of becoming members of the Virginia National Guard and the National Guard of the United States. 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Any duly commissioned officer of\nthe Virginia Defense Force, when called into service by the Governor, may\nadminister oaths to prospective officers and enlisted personnel desirous of\nbecoming members of the Virginia Defense Force.\n\nHISTORY: 1947, p. 143; Michie Suppl. 1948, \u00a7 2673(22a); 1958, c. 393; 1979, c.\n647; 2011, cc. 572, 586.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}