§ 17.1-404. Original jurisdiction in matters of contempt and injunctions,writs of mandamus, prohibition and habeas corpus.

The Court of Appeals shall have authority to punish for contempt. A judge ofthe Court of Appeals shall exercise initially the authority concerninginjunctions vested in a justice of the Supreme Court by § 8.01-626 in anycase over which the court would have appellate jurisdiction as provided in §§17.1-405 and 17.1-406. In addition, in such cases over which the court wouldhave appellate jurisdiction, the court shall have original jurisdiction toissue writs of mandamus, prohibition and habeas corpus.

(1983, c. 413, § 17-116.04; 1984, c. 701; 1998, c. 872.)