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times while operating said vehicle~? The Superint~e ~ndent o~ St.a~.?01ice shall within one year from the enac~tment.~f this billie~abhsh standards for windshields and glasses or goggleg~ selt forth here~n~ F~ailume ~ we~ar safety glasses ox goggles shall not constitute negligence per se~ in any civil proceeding. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a mis- demeanor and shall be punished as provided in 57-1. Section 18-31. Driving without license prohibited. ~ (a) No person except those expressly exempted in 55 46.~t-352 through 46.1-356 of the Code of virginia Sha~l drive any~ motor~ ~ehic.le, on.~ ~.~ any highway in this State until such person shall have made applicatmon for . · an operator's or chauffeur's license~ as~hereinafter provided, ~ahd satisfactorily passes the examination required by 5 46~1-369 of the Code of ~irginia and obtained either an operator's or chauffeur's~ Iicense, unless such person shall have been issued an operator's or chauffeur's license prior to June nineteenth, nineteen hundred and forty-six that is renewable in the dis- cretion of the Division. (b) Upon a first' conviction of a violation of this section, the penalty imposed shall be .as orowded mu 546.1-3 7,. Upon a second or subsequent conviction Of a vmol4tion of this section, which second offense shall have occurred within one year-of a first offense, the_ oenalty 'shall be ~mprisonment in jail for not less than ten days nor more than six months, and, in addition, may be a fine not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. Section 18-32. Driving while license, permit or privilege to drive suspended or revoked. (a) Fxpect as otherwise provided in ~18-33.t, no person resident or nonresident whose operator's or chauffeur's license or instruction per- mit or privilege to drive a motor vehicle has beensuspended or ~evoked or who has been directed not to drive by any court or by the Commissioner or by operation of law pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, Title 46.1 of the Code of Virginia, section 18.1-59 of the Cede of Virginia or any similar law or regulation or who has been forbidden as prescribed by law by the commissioner, the state corporation commission, the state highway commissioner or the superintendent of state police, to operate a motor vehicle in this state shall thereafter drive any motor vehicle or any self-propelled machinery or equipment on any highv~y in this cityunless and until the period of such suspension or revocation shall have ter~dnated. (b) Any person violating this section shall, for the first offense be confined in jail not less than ten days nor more than six months and may in'addition be fined not less than one ~andred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars; and for the second or any subsequent offense be confined in jail not less than two months nor more than-one year and m~y'in addition be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars. .The court shall not suspend the entire jail sentence in any case but may, in its discretion, suspend a portion thereof; provided, that this provision~ in the discretion of the court, shall not apply if the operation of the motor vehicle was due to an emergency involving danger to the health or -7-