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1999 SESSION


VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-477.2, relating to offenses committed by persons in secure juvenile facilities; penalty.
[H 421]
Approved

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-477.2 as follows:

§ 18.2-477.2. Punishment for certain offenses committed within a secure juvenile facility or detention home.

It shall be unlawful for a person detained in a secure juvenile facility or detention home to commit any of the offenses enumerated in subdivisions 1 through 9 of § 53.1-203. A violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.