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Such compensation shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Department.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1368489,"text":"If any employee of the Department shall be brought before any regulatory or administrative body, summoned before any regular or special grand jury, or, arrested, indicted, or prosecuted on any charge arising out of any act committed in the discharge of his official duties, the Director may, with the approval of the Governor, pay in whole or in part, counsel employed by such employee to represent him, provided he is neither convicted nor terminated from his employment. 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It has been modified 6 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 542; in 1970, chapter 648; in 1974, chapters 44 and 45; in 1976, chapter 517; in 1982, chapter 636; in 1989, chapter 298.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1464683,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367626,"identifier":"53.1-17","token":"53.1\/1\/3\/53.1-17","url":"\/53.1-17\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-17\/","token":"53.1\/1\/3\/53.1-17","dublin_core":{"Title":"Defense of Department of Corrections employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-17","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If any employee of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall be brought before any regulatory or administrative body, summoned before any regular or special <span class=\"dictionary\">grand jury<\/span>, or, arrested, indicted, or prosecuted on any charge arising out of any act committed in the discharge of his official duties, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> may, with the approval of the Governor, pay in whole or in part, <span class=\"dictionary\">counsel<\/span> employed by such employee to represent him, provided he is neither convicted nor terminated from his employment. 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Such compensation shall be paid from funds appropriated to the\nDepartment.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 53-16.1, 53-19.19; 1958, c. 542; 1970, c. 648; 1974,\ncc. 44, 45; 1976, c. 517; 1982, c. 636; 1989, c. 298.","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"}}