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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 528 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. Unfortunately, the 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1992, chapter 349; in 1993, chapter 866; in 2007, chapter 494<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":68333,"section_number":"4.1-216","catch_line":"Further limitations on manufacturers, bottlers, importers, brokers or wholesalers; ownership interests prohibited; exceptions; prohibited trade practices","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-216\/"},{"id":83813,"section_number":"4.1-216.1","catch_line":"Point-of-sale advertising materials authorized under certain conditions; civil penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-216.1\/"},{"id":79871,"section_number":"4.1-227","catch_line":"Suspension or revocation of licenses; notice and hearings; imposition of penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-227\/"}],"permalink":{"id":219169,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79757,"identifier":"4.1-328","token":"4.1\/I\/3\/2\/4.1-328","url":"\/4.1-328\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/4.1-328\/","token":"4.1\/I\/3\/2\/4.1-328","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibited trade practices; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 4.1-328","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No person subject to the jurisdiction<\/span> of the Board<\/span> shall violate, attempt to violate, solicit another person to violate or consent to any violation of § 4.1-216<\/a> or 4.1-216.1<\/a>, or regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision B 3 of § 4.1-111<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any person found by the Board<\/span> to have committed a violation of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty<\/span> as provided in § 4.1-227<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITED TRADE PRACTICES; PENALTY (\u00a7 4.1-328)\n\nA. No person subject to the jurisdiction of the Board shall violate, attempt to\nviolate, solicit another person to violate or consent to any violation of §\n4.1-216 or 4.1-216.1, or regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision B 3 of\n§ 4.1-111.\n\nB. Any person found by the Board to have committed a violation of this section\nshall be subject to a civil penalty as provided in § 4.1-227.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 528, \u00a7 4-79.1; 1992, c. 349; 1993, c. 866; 2007, c. 494.","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}}