HB1661: Adultery; definition.

HB1661

HOUSE BILL NO. 1661 Offered January 10, 2007 Prefiled December 5, 2006 A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-365 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the definition of adultery. ---------- Patron-- Marshall, R.G. ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18.2-365 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-365. Adultery defined; penalty.

Any person, being married, who voluntarily shall have ~~sexual intercourse with~~ carnal knowledge of any male or female person not his or her spouse shall be guilty of adultery, punishable as a Class 4 misdemeanor.

For the purposes of this section, "carnal knowledge" includes the acts of sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, and anal intercourse.

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