19.2-105 - Persons under criminal prosecution in this Commonwealth at time of requisition. - Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-105. Persons under criminal prosecution in this Commonwealth at timeof requisition.

If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against such person under thelaws of this Commonwealth and is still pending, the Governor, in hisdiscretion, either may surrender him on demand of the executive authority ofanother state or hold him until he has been tried and discharged or convictedand punished in this Commonwealth.

(Code 1950, § 19.1-69; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.)