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CHAPTER 573 An Act to amend and reenact § 18.2-479 of the Code of Virginia, relating to escape from custody without force or violence. [H 1513] Approved March 22, 2005  

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 18.2-479 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-479. Escape without force or violence or setting fire to jail.

A. If Except as provided in subsection B, any person lawfully confined in jail or lawfully in the custody of any court, or officer thereof of the court, or of any law-enforcement officer for violation of his probation or parole or on a charge or conviction of a misdemeanor, who escapes, otherwise other than by force or violence or by setting fire to the jail, he shall be is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

B. If Any person, lawfully confined in jail or lawfully in the custody of any court, or officer thereof of the court, or of any law-enforcement officer on a charge or conviction of a felony, who escapes, otherwise other than by force or violence or by setting fire to the jail, he shall be is guilty of a Class 6 felony.