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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1966, chapter 169; in 1968, chapter 578; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1463627,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367219,"identifier":"51.5-103","token":"51.5\/12\/5\/51.5-103","url":"\/51.5-103\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.5-103\/","token":"51.5\/12\/5\/51.5-103","dublin_core":{"Title":"How goods made by blind persons to be stamped or labeled","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.5-103","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any blind workman, or any public or private institution or agency, corporation, firm or association, registered with the Department<\/span> pursuant to this article, engaged in the manufacture or distribution of articles of merchandise, made or manufactured by a blind person<\/span> or persons, shall imprint or stamp upon such articles of merchandise or affix thereto labels containing the words, “made by a blind workman or made by the blind, or blind-made,” to which shall be added the name of the manufacturer, the place of manufacture and such other information as the Department<\/span> may prescribe.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW GOODS MADE BY BLIND PERSONS TO BE STAMPED OR LABELED (\u00a7 51.5-103)\n\nAny blind workman, or any public or private institution or agency, corporation,\nfirm or association, registered with the Department pursuant to this article,\nengaged in the manufacture or distribution of articles of merchandise, made or\nmanufactured by a blind person or persons, shall imprint or stamp upon such\narticles of merchandise or affix thereto labels containing the words,\n“made by a blind workman or made by the blind, or blind-made,” to\nwhich shall be added the name of the manufacturer, the place of manufacture and\nsuch other information as the Department may prescribe.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 63-204.28; 1966, c. 169; 1968, c. 578, \u00a7 63.1-169; 2002,\nc. 747.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}