18.2-222 - Misrepresentation as to source of merchandise; penalty.
§ 18.2-222. Misrepresentation as to source of merchandise; penalty.
No person, firm, corporation or association selling or offering for sale anyarticle or merchandise, shall in any manner represent, contrary to fact, thatthe article was made for, or acquired directly or indirectly from, the UnitedStates government or its military or naval forces or any agency of the UnitedStates government, or that it has been disposed of by the United Statesgovernment.
Any person, firm, corporation or association violating any provision of thissection shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
(Code 1950, § 59.1-53; 1968, c. 439; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1983, c. 290.)