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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82050</law_id><section_number>9.1-920</section_number><catch_line>Liberal construction</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="9.1">Commonwealth Public Safety</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="9">Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the Commonwealth and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.</p></section></text><history>2003, c. 584; 2015, c. 709.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
