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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 339 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. 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Persons\nviolating this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\t\tNothing herein precludes a court authorizing an interception under this\nchapter from prohibiting any other person from disclosing the existence of an\norder, interception, or device and imposing contempt sanctions for any willful\ndisclosure.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 339.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}