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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 585 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 1975 \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 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0747\">747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75440,"section_number":"63.2-501","catch_line":"Application for assistance","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-501\/"},{"id":85810,"section_number":"63.2-503.1","catch_line":"Legal presence required for public assistance; exceptions; proof of legal presence","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-503.1\/"},{"id":61748,"section_number":"63.2-525","catch_line":"Payment by Department for legal services","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-525\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":85475,"section_number":"18.2-434","catch_line":"What deemed perjury; punishment and penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-434\/"}],"permalink":{"id":271071,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69115,"identifier":"63.2-502","token":"63.2\/II\/5\/63.2-502","url":"\/63.2-502\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-502\/","token":"63.2\/II\/5\/63.2-502","dublin_core":{"Title":"False application or false swearing; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-502","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person who knowingly makes any false application for <span class=\"dictionary\">public assistance<\/span> or who knowingly swears or <span class=\"dictionary\">affirms<\/span> falsely to any matter or thing required by the provisions of this title or as to any information required by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>, incidental to the administration of the provisions of this title, to be sworn to or <span class=\"dictionary\">affirmed<\/span>, shall be guilty of <span class=\"dictionary\">perjury<\/span> and, upon <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> therefor, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"What deemed perjury; punishment and penalty\" href=\"\/18.2-434\/\">18.2-434<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFALSE APPLICATION OR FALSE SWEARING; PENALTY (\u00a7 63.2-502)\n\nAny person who knowingly makes any false application for public assistance or\nwho knowingly swears or affirms falsely to any matter or thing required by the\nprovisions of this title or as to any information required by the Commissioner,\nincidental to the administration of the provisions of this title, to be sworn to\nor affirmed, shall be guilty of perjury and, upon conviction therefor, shall be\npunished in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 18.2-434.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 585, \u00a7 63.1-107.1; 2002, c. 747.","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}}