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House Bill 4285 History
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H. B. 4285
(By Delegates Webb and Amores)
[Introduced January 29, 2002; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to repeal sections eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one,
twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four and twenty-five, article
two, chapter sixty-one of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to
murder in dueling; accessory before the fact in dueling;
jurisdiction in the crime of dueling; dueling without death
ensuing; challenging a duel; aiding, advising or promoting
dueling; criminal penalty; dueling out of state by a resident;
a plea of former jeopardy in a prosecution for dueling; the
crime of taunting for nonparticipation in a duel and its
criminal penalty; and, the warrant and recognizance in dueling
cases.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 2. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON.
§1. Repeal of sections relating to crime of dueling.
Sections eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two,
twenty-three, twenty-four and twenty-five, article two, chapter
sixty-one of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, are hereby repealed.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to repeal the sections of
the code involving dueling on the premise that these provisions are
outdated, and entirely without utility in the current time.
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