HOUSE BILL NO. 718
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee for Courts of Justice
on February 13, 2000)
(Patrons Prior to Substitute-- Delegates Darner and Moran [HB 1107])
A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-361 of the Code of Virginia, relating to crimes
against nature; penalty.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-361 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-361. Crimes against nature.
A. If any person carnally knows in any manner any brute animal, or carnally
knows any male or female person by the anus or by or with the mouth, or voluntarily
submits to such carnal knowledge, he or she shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony
4 misdemeanor, except as provided in subsection B. If any person carnally knows
any male or female person under eighteen years of age by the anus or by the mouth, or if
any person voluntarily submits to such carnal knowledge with a person under eighteen years
of age, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony, except as provided in subsection B.
B. Any Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A, any
person who carnally knows by the anus or by or with the mouth his daughter or
granddaughter, son or grandson, brother or sister, or father or mother shall be guilty of
a Class 5 felony. However, if a parent or grandparent commits any such act with his child
or grandchild and such child or grandchild is at least thirteen but less than eighteen
years of age at the time of the offense, such parent or grandparent shall be guilty of a
Class 3 felony.
C. If any person carnally knows in any manner any brute animal he shall be guilty of
a Class 6 felony.
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