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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68404</law_id><section_number>40.1-51.39</section_number><catch_line>Penalties; chapter not to affect right to relief or to maintain action</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>40.1-51.28</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="40.1">Labor and Employment</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3.3">Virginia Asbestos Neshap Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">owner</span> violating any provision of this chapter, <span class="dictionary">Board</span> regulation, or <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall upon <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> be guilty of a <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> and shall be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 for each violation within the discretion of the <span class="dictionary">court</span>. Each day of continued violation after <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> shall constitute a separate <span class="dictionary">offense</span>. <a id="paragraph-247692" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/40.1-51.39/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abridge, limit, impair, create, enlarge or otherwise affect substantively or procedurally the right of any person to <span class="dictionary">damages</span> or other relief on account of injury to persons or property. <a id="paragraph-247693" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/40.1-51.39/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1992, c. 541.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
