                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTAIN MATTERS NOT TO CONSTITUTE DEFENSES (§ 18.2-448)

It shall be no defense to any prosecution under § 18.2-447 that a person whom
the actor sought to influence was not qualified to act in the desired way,
whether because he had not yet assumed office, or lacked jurisdiction, or for
any other reason. Also it shall be no defense to a prosecution under § 18.2-447
that a resident of this Commonwealth charged with committing an act of bribery
was temporarily absent from this Commonwealth at the time such act was
committed.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-282.3; 1968, c. 552; 1975, cc. 14, 15.