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It has been modified 5 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 694; in 1962, chapter 469; in 1979, chapter 264; in 1987, chapter 488; in 2020, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0311\">311<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":69204,"section_number":"29.1-547","catch_line":"Trapping, selling, purchasing, etc., migratory game birds","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-547\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":193245,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77599,"identifier":"29.1-546","token":"29.1\/5\/5\/29.1-546","url":"\/29.1-546\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-546\/","token":"29.1\/5\/5\/29.1-546","dublin_core":{"Title":"General penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-546","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this title shall, unless otherwise specified, be guilty of a Class 2 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span> and may also be prohibited by the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> from hunting, trapping, or <span class=\"dictionary\">fishing<\/span> in the Commonwealth for a period of one to five years.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGENERAL PENALTY (\u00a7 29.1-546)\n\nAny person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this title shall,\nunless otherwise specified, be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor and may also be\nprohibited by the court from hunting, trapping, or fishing in the Commonwealth\nfor a period of one to five years.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 29-161; 1954, c. 694; 1962, c. 469; 1979, c. 264; 1987,\nc. 488; 2020, c. 311.","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}}