§ 3.1-401. (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Judges to charge grand juries; attorney for the Commonwealth t...
For the purpose of a more rigid enforcement of the law prohibiting the sale of adulterated and misbranded foods in the Commonwealth, it shall be the duty of the judge of the circuit or the corporation court for each county and city of this Commonwealth to bring this article to the attention of the grand juries of his county or city, and upon the finding of an indictment against the manufacturer or vender of such adulterated or misbranded food, beverages, or condiments. At any time prior thereto, the attorney for the Commonwealth may, if he deems it proper, forward a sample of the same to the Commissioner, who shall have it analyzed or examined, and render a report thereon to the attorney for the Commonwealth, which report may be used in evidence before such grand jury or at the trial of the person so indicted. For each conviction hereunder, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall be entitled to a fee of ten dollars, which shall be paid by the city or county in which the conviction was had upon an order from the judge of the court, and the fee shall be paid, notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary limiting the salary or fees of attorneys for the Commonwealth. The fee shall be taxed as a part of the costs against the defendant and when collected shall be paid into the treasury of the county or city.
(Code 1950, § 3-321; 1966, c. 702; 1972, c. 741.)
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