Chap. 438.—An ACT to prevent and punish fraud in the procurement of a certifi-
cate, license, or permit, from a State board, or other body, charged with the
duty of examining persons desiring to engage in or practice certain businesses
or professions. {[H B 257]

Approved March 21, 1924.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall
be unlawful for any person fraudulently to procure, or assist another to
procure, a certificate, license, or permit, from any State board, or other
body, charged by law with the duty of examining persons desiring to
engage in or practice, a business or profession for which a certificate,
license, or permit, is required by law from such board or body, by giving
to, or receiving from, any person any information, oral, written, or
printed, during the conduct of such examination, which is intended to,
or will, assist any person taking such examination in passing the exam-
ination and procuring the required certificate, license, or permit; and it
shall also be unlawful for any person, other than a member or officer of
such board, or body, to procure, or have in his possession, prior to the
beginning of such examination, without written authority of some mem-
ber or officer of such board, or body, any copy or copies of the questions,
or any of them, intended to be used by such board, or body, conducting
such examination, or to receive, or furnish to any person taking such
examination, prior to or during such examination, any written or printed
memorandum, or information, purporting to be answers to, or aid in
answering, such questions. If said examination be divided into separate
sections, each of said sections shall be deemed an examination within
the meaning of this act.

2. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a
fine of not less than fifty, nor more than one hundred, dollars, or by
imprisonment in jail for not more than thirty days, or both in the dis-
cretion of the court.