CHAPTER 2

An Act to amend and reenact § 4-112 of the Code of Virginia, relating to
the sale at retail of beverages containing one-half of one per centum
or more of alcohol by volume and not more than three and two-tenths
per centum of alcohol by weight. 3 ¢

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Approved December 16, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

a That § 4-112 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
follows:

§ 4-112. Concealment of sales or consumption of beverages; sales to
intoxicated persons.—(a) No person licensed as a retailer under this
chapter shall sell, or offer for sale, or permit the consumption of any bever-
ages behind a screen or any other similar device in his place of business
which screen or device may conceal such sale, offering for sale, or con-
sumption from the view of persons who may be in such place of business,
and not behind such screen or similar device.

(b). If any person licensed as a retailer under this chapter shall,
except pursuant to the provisions of §§ 4-48, 4-49 or 4-50, sell any bever-
age as defined in this chapter to any person and at the time of such sale
shall know or have reason to believe that the person to whom the sale is
made is intoxicated, or to any person under eighteen years of age, he shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.