CHAP. 91.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2133 of the Code of
Virginia. [fH B 108]
Approved March 24, 1923.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section twenty-one hundred and thirty-three of the Code of
Virginia, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:
Section 2138. Using wrong number plates or changing or
counterfeiting number plates a misdemeanor.—If any person
shall use a number plate on any other machine than that for
which it was issued, or if he shall use such plate on a machine
for which it was issued, knowing that it is of a higher horse
power than that indicated by the license, or shall make or use
any false number plate or change any letter or figure on any
number plate, with intent to use the same, or shall use such
altered number plate, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five
hundred dollars, and, in addition thereto, in the discretion of
the jury, or court trying the case without a jury, be confined in
jail not exceeding one year.