Although a notice, recognizance or process shall have been given, taken or issued before the day prescribed for the commencement of this Code, or of any provisions of this Code, it may, nevertheless, be given, taken or returnable to a day after such commencement, or to a court established by this Code or the clerk's office of such court, in like manner as if this Code had commenced before the same was given, taken, or issued.
Code 1919, § 6570; R. P. 1948, § 1-8.
Structure Code of Virginia
§ 1-1. Contents and designation of Code
§ 1-2.1. Effective date of certain provisions
§ 1-3. Repeal of acts of a general nature
§ 1-4. Effect of such repeal generally; effect of revision or amendment of state Constitution
§ 1-5. Effect of such repeal as to persons in office
§ 1-6. Effect of repeal of validating statutes
§ 1-7. Acts passed between certain dates not affected
§ 1-8. Notice, recognizance or process given, taken or issued before Code in force
§ 1-9. Pending cases; parties; where books, records and papers to remain