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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>349947</law_id><section_number>17.1-116</section_number><catch_line>Change of place or time for holding session of Supreme Court</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="50" identifier="17.1">Courts of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever, by reason of the destruction, <span class="dictionary">possession</span> by a public enemy, or infection with contagious disease of any building in which the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> is to be held, it seems necessary to the Chief Justice, he shall, by proclamation, designate a place at which the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> shall be held, so long as such reason may continue, and when the circumstances require it, may postpone the time for holding the <span class="dictionary">Court</span>. In the case of the destruction of the building, the place designated by the Chief Justice shall be within the same county, city or town as the destroyed building. A copy of such designation shall be sent to the clerk and to each of the justices of the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> and published in some newspaper at the seat of government and near the regular place of session of the <span class="dictionary">Court</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 5967, &#xA7; 5968, &#xA7;&#xA7; 17-17, 17-18; 1962, c. 405; 1966, c. 348; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 156; 1998, c. 872.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
