CHAPTER 222

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section num-
bered 53-23.1 relating to confiscation of prohibited articles found in
any penal institution.

[fH 535]

Approved March 138, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a new section num-
bered 53-23.1 as follows:

§ 53-23.1. Any item of personal property, tangible or intangible,
which an inmate in any penal institution is prohibited from possessing
by the Code of Virginia or by the rules of the Board, shall, when found
in the possession of an inmate, be confiscated and sold or destroyed as
the Board, or its designated agent, may direct. Any funds from the
sale of such property shall be invested, and the income used as provided
for by § 53-223.