CHAPTER 199

An Act to amend and reenact § 29-171.1 of the Code of Virginia, which
was enacted as Chapter 693 of the Acts of Assembly of 1956, approved
March $1, 1956, relating to the use of firearms within a certain
distance of wildlife sanctuary in any city.

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Approved March 8, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
l. That § 29-171.1 of the Code of Virginia, which was enacted as
Chapter 693 of the Acts of Assembly, nineteen hundred fifty-six, approved
search thirty-first, nineteen hundred fifty-six, be amended and reenacted
Ows:

8 29-171.1. It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to hunt
With or shoot any firearm within a distance of seven hundred fifty yards
of a wildlife sanctuary located and maintained within the corporate limits
of any city of this State.

he provisions of this section shall not apply to any new city, formed
by merger between an old city and a county contiguous thereto, such
merger taking effect after July one, nineteen hundred sixty-two.

of the Ste oh Shall be enforced by game wardens and other peace officers