(Effective October 1, 2021) Allowing persons to work in a mine with smoker's articles; penalty

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  5. (Effective October 1, 2021) Allowing persons to work in a mine with smoker's articles; penalty

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A. No operator, agent, or mine foreman shall knowingly permit any person in an underground coal mine to smoke, carry, or possess any smoker's articles or materials used for igniting smoker's articles.

B. Violation of this section is a Class 6 felony.

1993, c. 389, § 45.1-98.3; 1994, c. 28, § 45.1-161.178 ;2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.


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