CHAPTER 153

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
29-158.1, relating to permitting dealing in wild animals, birds, fishes
or parts thereof taken and packaged outside this State and transported
into this State in original packages. eer cana
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
29-158.1 as follows:

§ 29-158.1. Any provision of this Chapter or any regulation here-
tofore or hereafter adopted by the Commission to the contrary notwith-
standing, it shall be lawful to possess, store, transport, offer for sale,
sell, offer to purchase, purchase and otherwise deal in any wild animal,
bird, fish or any part thereof, which has been taken and packaged in a can,
tin, pot or other receptacle outside this State by any person, company or
corporation duly licensed by the State in which such cannery or processing
plant is located and certified to the Commission of Game and Inland Fish-
eries of such license, and transported into this State, so long as the original
can, tin, pot or other receptacle in which such animal, bird, fish, or any part
thereof was originally packaged and came into this State remains un-
broken, unopened and intact.