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Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2007, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0521\">521<\/a>; in 2013, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0707\">707<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0782\">782<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":351833,"section_number":"19.2-392.02","catch_line":"National criminal background checks by businesses and organizations regarding employees or volunteers providing care to children or the elderly or disabled","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-392.02\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":367669,"section_number":"53.1-203","catch_line":"Felonies by prisoners; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-203\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1391475,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351032,"identifier":"18.2-477.2","token":"18.2\/10\/7\/18.2-477.2","url":"\/18.2-477.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-477.2\/","token":"18.2\/10\/7\/18.2-477.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Punishment for certain offenses committed within a secure juvenile facility or detention home","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-477.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It shall be unlawful for a person committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice in any juvenile correctional center or detained in a secure juvenile facility or detention home to commit any of the <span class=\"dictionary\">offenses<\/span> enumerated in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Felonies by prisoners; penalties\" href=\"\/53.1-203\/\">53.1-203<\/a>. 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