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1997 SESSION


CHAPTER 418
An Act to amend and reenact § 4.1-353 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; evidence of alcohol content.
[H 2827]
Approved March 15, 1997

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 4.1-353 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 4.1-353. Label on sealed container prima facie evidence of alcoholic content.

In any prosecution for violations of this title, where a sealed container is labeled as containing an alcoholic beverage as defined herein, such labeling shall be prima facie evidence of the alcoholic content of the container. Nothing shall preclude the introduction of other relevant evidence to establish the alcoholic content of a container, whether sealed or not.