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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 191; in 1966, chapter 594; in 1978, chapter 120; in 1982, chapter 385; in 1994, chapter 28<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":223677,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67874,"identifier":"45.2-860","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/5\/45.2-860","url":"\/45.2-860\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-860\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/5\/45.2-860","dublin_core":{"Title":" Portable illumination","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-860","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> For portable illumination underground, every miner shall use a permissible electric cap lamp that is worn on the person. Such requirement shall not preclude the use of any other type of permissible electric lamp, permissible flashlight, permissible safety lamp, or other permissible portable illumination device. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any light bulb on an extension cable shall be guarded adequately. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n PORTABLE ILLUMINATION (\u00a7 45.2-860)\n\nA. For portable illumination underground, every miner shall use a permissible\nelectric cap lamp that is worn on the person. Such requirement shall not\npreclude the use of any other type of permissible electric lamp, permissible\nflashlight, permissible safety lamp, or other permissible portable illumination\ndevice.\n\nB. Any light bulb on an extension cable shall be guarded adequately.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 45-33; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, \u00a7\u00a7 45.1-20, 45.1-96;\n1978, c. 120; 1982, c. 385; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.171; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.\n387.","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}}