12.1-27 - Commonwealth to be complainant, etc.; parties entitled to process. - Virginia Statutes

§ 12.1-27. Commonwealth to be complainant, etc.; parties entitled to process.

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

(Code 1950, § 12-52; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 157.)