                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PENALTY FOR VIOLATING § 27-51; SEPARATE OFFENSES (§ 27-53)

Any owner or lessee of any such building, who shall violate any of the
provisions of § 27-51, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor
more than $500, or by confinement in jail not less than 6 nor more than 12
months, or by both. The continuation of any failure to comply with the
provisions of such section for each week after notice has been given the owner
or lessee of the buildings that the exits are unsafe or insufficient shall be
deemed a separate offense.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 3144; R. P. 1948, § 27-38.