CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMMONWEALTH TO BE COMPLAINANT, ETC.; PARTIES ENTITLED TO PROCESS (§ 12.1-27)

In all complaints, proceedings, contests, or controversies by or before the
Commission instituted by the Commonwealth or by the Commission of its own
motion, the Commonwealth shall be complainant, and the party against whom the
complaint is preferred, or the proceeding instituted, shall be the defendant.
Any party complainant or defendant in any complaint, proceeding, contest, or
controversy shall be entitled to process, to convene parties, compel the
attendance of witnesses, or the production of books, papers, and documents in
any proceeding or hearing before the Commission.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 12-52; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 157.