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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 399 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: 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":1448997,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363885,"identifier":"44-46.1","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-46.1","url":"\/44-46.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-46.1\/","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-46.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Military judges","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-46.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A military <span class=\"dictionary\">judge<\/span> shall be a commissioned officer of the National Guard, shall be so assigned as a legal officer, shall be admitted to the practice of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, and shall be certified for such duty by the Adjutant General.<\/p><p>The Adjutant General shall designate a military <span class=\"dictionary\">judge<\/span> on a case-by-case basis to preside over <span class=\"dictionary\">courts<\/span>-martial of the Virginia National Guard.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMILITARY JUDGES (\u00a7 44-46.1)\n\nA military judge shall be a commissioned officer of the National Guard, shall be\nso assigned as a legal officer, shall be admitted to the practice of law, and\nshall be certified for such duty by the Adjutant General.\n\nThe Adjutant General shall designate a military judge on a case-by-case basis to\npreside over courts-martial of the Virginia National Guard.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 399; 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"}}