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Section 21-38. Ca~rying concealed weapons. (d) Any resident of the city may apply in writing to the circuit court for the City of Portsmouth for a one-year permit to carry a specific type of concealed weapon. The court, after consulting the law enforcement authorities of the city and receiving a report f~om the central c~iminal records exchange, shall issue such permit if it finds that the applicant is of good character, has demonstrated a need to carry such concealed weapon, is physically and mentally competent to carry such weapon and is not prohibited by law from receiving, possessing, or transporting such weapon. The court shall find that the applicant has demonstrated a need to carry a concealed weapon in the following circumstances: (1) The applicant regularly transports substaniat sums of money or other property of substantial value from a place of business to his home or a bank or other secure depository; (2) The court is convinced that because of bona fide threats to the body or life of the applicant or to the body oF life of a member of the applicant's immediate family, or because of other body o~ life threatening circumstances peculiar to the applicant, there is probable cause to believe such permit is reasonable and necessary to promote the self-protection of the applicant. In all other cases the court shall have discretion to determine whether need has been established. No fee shall be charged fo~ the issuance of such permit to a person who has retired from service as a law-enforcement office~ with the department of state police, or with a sheriff or police department, bureau or force of any political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia, afte~ completing twenty(20) years service or after reaching age fifty-five(55). The o~der issuing such permit shall be entered in the law order book of the court. Section 21-113. Escape without force or violence or setting fire to jail. I~ any person, lawfully confined in 3ail oF lawfully in the custody of any court or officer thereof or of any law-enforcement officer on a charge o~ conviction of a misdemeanor, escapes otherwise than by force or violence o~ by setting fire to the 3ail, he shall be guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.