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It has been modified 6 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 1960, chapter 402; in 1966, chapter 584; in 1972, chapter 796; in 1985, chapter 425; in 1990, chapter 3; in 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0794\">794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1491135,"object_type":"law","relational_id":373633,"identifier":"6.2-1107","token":"6.2\/II\/11\/1\/6.2-1107","url":"\/6.2-1107\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-1107\/","token":"6.2\/II\/11\/1\/6.2-1107","dublin_core":{"Title":"Defamation of savings institutions and certain federal agencies prohibited; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-1107","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> shall willfully and knowingly make, <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span>, circulate, or transmit, or cause or knowingly permit to be made, issued, circulated, or transmitted, any statement or rumor, written, printed, reproduced in any manner, or by word of mouth, that is untrue in <span class=\"dictionary\">fact<\/span> and is (i) <span class=\"dictionary\">malicious<\/span>, in that it is calculated to injure reputation or business, and (ii) derogatory to the financial condition or standing of any <span class=\"dictionary\">savings institution<\/span> or Federal <span class=\"dictionary\">Home Loan<\/span> Bank. 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Any person who\nviolates this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 6-201.52; 1960, c. 402; 1966, c. 584, \u00a7 6.1-182; 1972,\nc. 796, \u00a7 6.1-195.62; 1985, c. 425, \u00a7 6.1-194.94; 1990, c. 3; 2010, c. 794.","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"}}