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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86850</law_id><section_number>18.2-12</section_number><catch_line>Same; where no punishment or maximum punishment prescribed</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-1240</reference><reference>18.2-13</reference><reference>61.1-1</reference><reference>61.1-2</reference><reference>61.1-39</reference><reference>61.1-4</reference><reference>61.1-44</reference><reference>61.1-45</reference><reference>61.1-5</reference><reference>61.1-52</reference><reference>61.1-56</reference><reference>61.1-6</reference><reference>62.1-194.2</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">In General</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Classification of Criminal Offenses and Punishment Therefor</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> for which no punishment or no maximum punishment is prescribed by <span class="dictionary">statute</span> shall be punishable as a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-9; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
