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CHAPTER 131 An Act to amend and reenact § 18.2-178 of the Code of Virginia, relating to obtaining money or other property by false pretense; penalty. [S 1069] Approved March 13, 2001

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18.2-178 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-178. Obtaining money or signature, etc., by false pretense.

If any person obtain, by any false pretense or token, from any person, with intent to defraud, money, a gift certificate or other property which that may be the subject of larceny, he shall be deemed guilty of larceny thereof; or if he obtain, by any false pretense or token, with such intent, the signature of any person to a writing, the false making whereof would be forgery, he shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.

2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment in state correctional facilities. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation is $0.