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1999 SESSION
994753718Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-38 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amending by adding a section numbered 18.2-42.1 as follows:
§ 18.2-38. "Mob" defined.
Any collection of people, assembled for the purpose and with the intention of
committing an assault or a battery upon any person and or an act of violence as
defined in § 19.2-297.1 ,without authority of law, shall be deemed a "mob."
§ 18.2-42.1. Acts of violence by mob.
Any and every person composing a mob who commits an act of violence as defined in § 19.2-297.1 shall be guilty of that act of violence and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in the section of this title which makes that act of violence unlawful.
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.