No court or judge shall impose a fine upon a juror, witness or other person for disobedience of its process or any contempt, unless he either be present in court at the time, or shall have been served with a rule, returnable to a certain time, requiring him to show cause why the fine should not be imposed and shall have failed to appear and show cause.
Code 1950, § 19.1-16; 1960, c. 366; 1968, c. 639; 1975, c. 495.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 19.2-2. Effect of repeal of Title 19.1 and enactment of this title
§ 19.2-3. Certain notices, recognizances and processes validated
§ 19.2-3.1. Personal appearance by two-way electronic video and audio communication; standards
§ 19.2-4. References to former sections, articles or chapters of Titles 18.1 and 19.1
§ 19.2-5. Meaning of certain terms
§ 19.2-6. Appointive power of circuit courts
§ 19.2-8. Limitation of prosecutions
§ 19.2-8.1. Prosecution for murder or manslaughter; passage of time not a limitation
§ 19.2-9. Prosecution of certain criminal cases removed from state to federal courts; costs
§ 19.2-9.1. Written notice required for complaining witness who is requested to take polygraph test
§ 19.2-10.1. Subpoena duces tecum for obtaining records concerning banking and credit cards
§ 19.2-10.4. Subpoena duces tecum; attorney-issued subpoena duces tecum