If any person attempt to establish any such usurped government and commit any overt act therefor or by writing or speaking endeavor to instigate others to establish such government, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Code 1950, § 18.1-420; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 11 - Offenses Against the Sovereignty of the Commonwealth
§ 18.2-481. Treason defined; how proved and punished
§ 18.2-482. Misprision of treason
§ 18.2-483. Attempting, or instigating others, to establish usurped government
§ 18.2-484. Advocacy of change in government by force, violence or other unlawful means
§ 18.2-485. Conspiring to incite one race to insurrection against another race
§ 18.2-486. Definition of flag, standard, etc.
§ 18.2-487. Exhibition or display
§ 18.2-488. Mutilating, defacing, etc.