                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OBSCENE EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES (§ 18.2-375)

It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to:

1. Produce, promote, prepare, present, manage, direct, carry on or participate
in, any obscene exhibitions or performances, including the exhibition or
performance of any obscene motion picture, play, drama, show, entertainment,
exposition, tableau or scene; provided, that no employee of any person or legal
entity operating a theatre, garden, building, structure, room or place which
presents such obscene exhibition or performance shall be subject to prosecution
under this section if the employee is not the manager of the theatre or an
officer of such entity, and has no financial interest in such theatre other than
receiving salary and wages; or

2. Own, lease or manage any theatre, garden, building, structure, room or place
and lease, let, lend or permit such theatre, garden, building, structure, room
or place to be used for the purpose of presenting such obscene exhibition or
performance or to fail to post prominently therein the name and address of a
person resident in the locality who is the manager of such theatre, garden,
building, structure, room or place.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-230; 1960, c. 233; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 191; 1975,
cc. 14, 15.