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Section 21-149. ~.Exemptiom from civil liability in ~onnection with arrest of suspected person. A merchant, agent or employee of the merchant, who causes the arrest or detention of any person pursuant to the provisions of ~21-147 shall not be held civilly liable for unlawful detention, if such detention does not exceed one hour, slander, malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, false arrest,"or assault~and battery of the person so arrested or detained, whether such~arrest or detention takes place on the premises of ~he merchant, or after close pursuit from such premises by such merchant, his agent or employee, provided that, in causing the arrest·or detention of such person, the merchant,'agent or employee of the merchant, had at the time of such arrest or detention probable cause to commited willful ~'~ I% 'shall be sale, or deliver, warning required. 7 ~ , or offer for delivery, or give away any plastic 6 bag o~ partial plastic bag intended to enclose freshly-cleaned clo~h!ng, the l~ngth of which totals twenty-five (25) inches or more and the material of which is-less than one mill (1/1000 inch) in thickness; unless such plastic bag bears the following warning statement, or a warning statement which ~the commissioner of health has approved as the equivalent thereof: ' ' ' '"WARNING: ~ To avoid~danger of suffocation, keep this p ~ic bag away from babies and children. )o not use this bag in cribs, beds, carriages ~' Such warning Shall be :imprinted i~ a prominent place on the plastic bag or shall appear on a label securely attached to the bag in a. prominent.place, and shall be printed in legible type of at least thirty-six (36) point type. violation of this Section shall be punished as a Class 3 misdemeanor. 'this Ordinance shall take date of its adoption. ~,,.: Adopted by the Council~ of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at'a meeting held September ti, 1984. Tes~e: City Clerk