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That modification is as follows: in 2016, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0588\">588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":186431,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61120,"identifier":"23.1-2426","token":"23.1\/IV\/24\/23.1-2426","url":"\/23.1-2426\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-2426\/","token":"23.1\/IV\/24\/23.1-2426","dublin_core":{"Title":"Chapter liberally construed","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-2426","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>This chapter shall constitute full and complete <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span>, without regard to the provisions of any other <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, for the performance of acts authorized in the chapter and shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes of the chapter. 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