CHAPTER 270

An Act to amend and reenact § 18-118 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to publication of obscene matter.
[H 600]

Approved March 8, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18-118 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 18-113. If any person, firm, corporation, or association import,
print, exhibit, publish, sell, lease, use, or distribute any book, pamphlet,
ballad, printed page, phonographic record, or other thing containing
obscene language or which is otherwise indecent, or any print, picture,
motion picture film, figure, or description manifestly tending to corrupt the
morals of youth, or introduce into any family or place of education, or buy
or have in his possession any such article for the purpose of sale, exhibition
or circulation, or with intent to introduce it into any family or place of
education, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.