                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SEALED PACK LABELED AS CIGARETTES; PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF CIGARETTES (§
58.1-1017.2)

In any prosecution for violations of this title, where a sealed pack is labeled
as containing cigarettes, such labeling shall be prima facie evidence that the
contents of the pack meet the definition of &#8220;cigarette&#8221; as defined
by § 58.1-1000. Nothing shall preclude the introduction of other relevant
evidence to establish the contents of a pack, whether sealed or not.

HISTORY: 2014, cc. 301, 422.