CHAPTER 160

An Act to amend and reenact § 24-402 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to the expenses of candidates for election to certain offices. fH 812]

Approved February 29, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
eal That § 24-402 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as

ollows:

§ 24-402. Eacept as hereinafter provided, no candidate for any office
at any primary shall spend for any purpose whatever, a larger sum than an
amount equal to * fifty cents for every vote cast for the candidate of his
party receiving the largest vote at the last preceding gubernatorial elec-
tion, within the territory, the qualified voters of which have the right to
vote for the office for whose nomination such person is a candidate at such
primary. * Provided, however, that the limitation provided in this section
shall not apply to expenditures. made for the preparation, publication and
dissemination by newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, periodical, radio, tele-
vision or otherwise, of the candidate’s views on public questions and his
qualifications for office.

In the event a second primary for the nomination of a candidate for
the office of United States Senator in the Congress of the United States,
Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Attorney General 1s held, no candidate
for nomination at such second primary shall spend for any purpose an
amount exceeding the sum which he was entitled to spend at the primary.
In determining the amount spent by any candidate at any second primary
any amount spent by him at the primary shall not be considered. Any
person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor.