§ 19.2-368. Course of proceeding when relief asked of the Governor.
Whenever application shall be made to the Governor by or on behalf of anyperson desiring to be relieved, in whole or in part, of any such fine orpenalty, the petition, answer, certificate of facts, and opinion of the courtprovided for in §§ 19.2-364, 19.2-365 and 19.2-366, duly authenticated by theclerk of the court, shall accompany the application, which shall be inwriting. In all cases in which the Governor shall remit a fine or penalty heshall issue his order to the clerk of the court by which such fine or penaltywas imposed; or if such fine or penalty was imposed by a court not of record,to the clerk of the circuit court of the county or city in which the judge ofsuch court not of record holds office, and such court shall, at its nextterm, or immediately, if then in session, cause such order to be spread uponthe law order book of its court; and the clerk of such court shallimmediately, upon the receipt of such order, mark the judgment for such fineor penalty, and costs, or so much thereof as the person may have beenrelieved of, "remitted by the Governor," upon the Judgment Lien Docket ofthe court of the county or city in which it may have been recorded. TheGovernor shall communicate to the General Assembly at each session theparticulars of every case of fine or penalty remitted, with his reason forremitting the same.
(Code 1950, § 19.1-357; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.)
§ 19.2-368. Course of proceeding when relief asked of the Governor.
Whenever application shall be made to the Governor by or on behalf of anyperson desiring to be relieved, in whole or in part, of any such fine orpenalty, the petition, answer, certificate of facts, and opinion of the courtprovided for in §§ 19.2-364, 19.2-365 and 19.2-366, duly authenticated by theclerk of the court, shall accompany the application, which shall be inwriting. In all cases in which the Governor shall remit a fine or penalty heshall issue his order to the clerk of the court by which such fine or penaltywas imposed; or if such fine or penalty was imposed by a court not of record,to the clerk of the circuit court of the county or city in which the judge ofsuch court not of record holds office, and such court shall, at its nextterm, or immediately, if then in session, cause such order to be spread uponthe law order book of its court; and the clerk of such court shallimmediately, upon the receipt of such order, mark the judgment for such fineor penalty, and costs, or so much thereof as the person may have beenrelieved of, "remitted by the Governor," upon the Judgment Lien Docket ofthe court of the county or city in which it may have been recorded. TheGovernor shall communicate to the General Assembly at each session theparticulars of every case of fine or penalty remitted, with his reason forremitting the same.
(Code 1950, § 19.1-357; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.)
§ 19.2-368. Course of proceeding when relief asked of the Governor.
Whenever application shall be made to the Governor by or on behalf of anyperson desiring to be relieved, in whole or in part, of any such fine orpenalty, the petition, answer, certificate of facts, and opinion of the courtprovided for in §§ 19.2-364, 19.2-365 and 19.2-366, duly authenticated by theclerk of the court, shall accompany the application, which shall be inwriting. In all cases in which the Governor shall remit a fine or penalty heshall issue his order to the clerk of the court by which such fine or penaltywas imposed; or if such fine or penalty was imposed by a court not of record,to the clerk of the circuit court of the county or city in which the judge ofsuch court not of record holds office, and such court shall, at its nextterm, or immediately, if then in session, cause such order to be spread uponthe law order book of its court; and the clerk of such court shallimmediately, upon the receipt of such order, mark the judgment for such fineor penalty, and costs, or so much thereof as the person may have beenrelieved of, "remitted by the Governor," upon the Judgment Lien Docket ofthe court of the county or city in which it may have been recorded. TheGovernor shall communicate to the General Assembly at each session theparticulars of every case of fine or penalty remitted, with his reason forremitting the same.
(Code 1950, § 19.1-357; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.)
