CHAPTER 503

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
18-146.1 relating to the forfeiture of certain weapons used in the
commission of a felony.

[S 286]

Approved April 5, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
18-146.1 as follows:

§ 18-146.1. All pistols, shot guns, rifles, dirks, bowie knives, razors,
slung shots, brass or metal knucks, blackjacks and other weapons used by
any person or persons in the commission of a felony, may, upon conviction
of such person or persons so using the same, be forfeited to the Common-
wealth by order of the court trying the case; and such weapons as may be
needed for police officers and conservators of the peace shall be used for
that purpose, and such of them as may not be needed for such purpose
shall either be sold and the proceeds paid into the Literary Fund, or de-
stroyed by the Commonwealth, as the court may direct.