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This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 261<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":373175,"section_number":"59.1-466.4","catch_line":"Penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-466.4\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":373173,"section_number":"59.1-466.2","catch_line":"Production","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-466.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1488681,"object_type":"law","relational_id":373174,"identifier":"59.1-466.3","token":"59.1\/38.1\/59.1-466.3","url":"\/59.1-466.3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-466.3\/","token":"59.1\/38.1\/59.1-466.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Restraining prohibited acts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-466.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever an attorney for the Commonwealth has reason to believe that any performer or performing group<\/span>, or its agent, is advertising or conducting, or is about to advertise or conduct, a live musical performance or production in violation of \u00a7 59.1-466.2<\/a> and that proceedings would be in the public interest, the attorney for the Commonwealth may bring an action in the name of the Commonwealth against the person to restrain by temporary or permanent injunction<\/span> that practice.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRESTRAINING PROHIBITED ACTS (\u00a7 59.1-466.3)\n\nWhenever an attorney for the Commonwealth has reason to believe that any\nperformer or performing group, or its agent, is advertising or conducting, or is\nabout to advertise or conduct, a live musical performance or production in\nviolation of \u00a7 59.1-466.2 and that proceedings would be in the public interest,\nthe attorney for the Commonwealth may bring an action in the name of the\nCommonwealth against the person to restrain by temporary or permanent injunction\nthat practice.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, c. 261.","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"}}