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This law was first created in 2009. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 827<\/a> and 845<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":185293,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84958,"identifier":"23.1-713","token":"23.1\/II\/7\/23.1-713","url":"\/23.1-713\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-713\/","token":"23.1\/II\/7\/23.1-713","dublin_core":{"Title":"Liberal construction of chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-713","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other general, special, or local law<\/span>, the provisions of this chapter shall control. This chapter constitutes full and complete authority, without regard to the provisions of any other law<\/span>, for performing the acts authorized in this chapter and shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes of this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER (\u00a7 23.1-713)\n\nInsofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions\nof any other general, special, or local law, the provisions of this chapter\nshall control. This chapter constitutes full and complete authority, without\nregard to the provisions of any other law, for performing the acts authorized in\nthis chapter and shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes of this\nchapter.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, cc. 827, 845, \u00a7 23-38.87:1; 2016, c. 588.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}