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Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 460; in 1956, chapter 458; in 1958, chapter 356; in 1966, chapter 147; in 1968, chapter 177; in 1970, chapter 476; in 1972, chapter 26; in 1974, chapter 353; in 1975, chapter 611; in 1980, chapter 595; in 1982, chapter 406; in 1984, chapter 430; in 1987, chapter 571; in 1990, chapter 832.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":235365,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79471,"identifier":"51.1-154","token":"51.1\/1\/9\/51.1-154","url":"\/51.1-154\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-154\/","token":"51.1\/1\/9\/51.1-154","dublin_core":{"Title":"Compulsory service retirement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-154","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any <span class=\"dictionary\">employer<\/span>, subsequent to the <span class=\"dictionary\">employee<\/span>&#8217;s <span class=\"dictionary\">normal retirement date<\/span>, may provide for compulsory <span class=\"dictionary\">service<\/span> retirement upon a determination that age is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the particular business or that an <span class=\"dictionary\">employee<\/span> is incapable of performing his duties in a safe and efficient manner. 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