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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70160</law_id><section_number>18.2-383</section_number><catch_line>Exceptions to application of article</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="8">Crimes Involving Morals and Decency</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">Obscenity and Related Offenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to apply to:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The purchase, distribution, exhibition, or loan of any book, magazine, or other printed or manuscript <span class="dictionary">material</span> by any library, school, or institution of higher education, supported by public appropriation; <a id="paragraph-253331" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-383/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The purchase, distribution, exhibition, or loan of any work of art by any museum of fine arts, school, or institution of higher education, supported by public appropriation; <a id="paragraph-253332" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-383/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The exhibition or performance of any play, drama, tableau, or <span class="dictionary">motion</span> picture by any theatre, museum of fine arts, school, or institution of higher education, supported by public appropriation. <a id="paragraph-253333" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-383/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-236.2; 1960, c. 233; 1966, c. 516; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
