CHAPTER 475

An Act to amend and reenact § 46-3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to
use of motor vehicles without owner’s consent, and punishment there-
for; and to repeal § 18-286 of the Code relating to the same matters.

[H 632]
Approved April 1, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1 That § 46-3 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:
§ 46-3. Any person who shall take, drive or use a motor vehicle, trailer
or semitrailer not his own, without the consent of the owner thereof and
in the absence of the owner, and with intent temporarily to deprive the
owner thereof of his possession thereof, without intent to steal the same,
shall be * confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five
years or, in the discretion of the court or jury trying case, * confined in
jail not exceeding twelve months * and fined not exceeding five hundred
dollars. The consent of the owner of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer
to its taking, driving or using shall not in any case be presumed or implied
because of such owner’s consent on a previous occasion to the taking,
driving or using of such motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer by the same
or a different person. Any person who assists in, or is a party or accessory
to, or an accomplice in, any such unauthorized taking, driving or using
shall * be subject to the same punishment as if he were the principal
offender. *

2. § 18-236 of the Code of Virginia is repealed.