18.2-448 - Certain matters not to constitute defenses.
§ 18.2-448. Certain matters not to constitute defenses.
It shall be no defense to any prosecution under § 18.2-447 that a person whomthe actor sought to influence was not qualified to act in the desired way,whether because he had not yet assumed office, or lacked jurisdiction, or forany other reason. Also it shall be no defense to a prosecution under §18.2-447 that a resident of this Commonwealth charged with committing an actof bribery was temporarily absent from this Commonwealth at the time such actwas committed.
(Code 1950, § 18.1-282.3; 1968, c. 552; 1975, cc. 14, 15.)