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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 386 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0831\">831<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":165427,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85934,"identifier":"18.2-105.2","token":"18.2\/5\/3\/18.2-105.2","url":"\/18.2-105.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-105.2\/","token":"18.2\/5\/3\/18.2-105.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Manufacture, sale, etc., of devices to shield against electronic detection of shoplifting prohibited; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-105.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It shall be unlawful to manufacture, sell, offer for sale, distribute or possess any specially coated or laminated bag or other device primarily designed and intended to shield shoplifted merchandise from detection by an anti-theft electronic alarm sensor, with the intention that the same be used to aid in the <span class=\"dictionary\">shoplifting<\/span> of merchandise. 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