{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/59.1-570.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/59.1-570.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/59.1-570.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/59.1-570.html"}],"law_id":80267,"edition_id":1,"section_id":80267,"structure_id":15789,"section_number":"59.1-570","catch_line":"Liability imposed by other laws not decreased","history":"2016, cc. 318, 703.","full_text":"Except as provided in \u00a7 59.1-569, nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as making lawful any act or omission that is now unlawful, or as decreasing the liability, civil or criminal, of any person, imposed by existing laws.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":287349,"text":"Except as provided in \u00a7 59.1-569, nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as making lawful any act or omission that is now unlawful, or as decreasing the liability, civil or criminal, of any person, imposed by existing laws.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15789,"edition_id":1,"name":"Fantasy Contests Act","identifier":"51","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12809,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:59:37","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:59:37","permalink":{"id":262663,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15789,"identifier":"51","token":"59.1\/51","url":"\/59.1\/51\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12809,"edition_id":1,"name":"Trade and Commerce","identifier":"59.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","permalink":{"id":259521,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12809,"identifier":"59.1","token":"59.1","url":"\/59.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":60848,"structure_id":15789,"section_number":"59.1-556","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/59.1-556\/","token":"59.1\/51\/59.1-556","metadata":false},{"id":81148,"structure_id":15789,"section_number":"59.1-557","catch_line":"Registration of fantasy contest operators required; 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