§ 18.2-383. Exceptions to application of article.
Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to apply to:
(1) The purchase, distribution, exhibition, or loan of any book, magazine, orother printed or manuscript material by any library, school, or institutionof higher learning, supported by public appropriation;
(2) The purchase, distribution, exhibition, or loan of any work of art by anymuseum of fine arts, school, or institution of higher learning, supported bypublic appropriation;
(3) The exhibition or performance of any play, drama, tableau, or motionpicture by any theatre, museum of fine arts, school or institution of higherlearning, supported by public appropriation.
(Code 1950, § 18.1-236.2; 1960, c. 233; 1966, c. 516; 1975, cc. 14, 15.)