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For the violation of any injunction or order issued under this chapter it shall have the same power to punish for contempt as a court of equity.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1292830,"text":"The Commission shall have all the power and authority of a court of record as provided in Article IX, Section 3 of the Constitution of Virginia to issue temporary and permanent injunctions against violations or attempted violations of this chapter or any order issued pursuant to this chapter. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 561 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1992, chapter 468.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1377133,"object_type":"law","relational_id":346708,"identifier":"13.1-568","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-568","url":"\/13.1-568\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-568\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-568","dublin_core":{"Title":"Injunctions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-568","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Commission shall have all the power and authority of a <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of record as provided in Article IX, Section 3 of the Constitution of Virginia to <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> temporary and permanent <span class=\"dictionary\">injunctions<\/span> against violations or attempted violations of this chapter or any <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> issued pursuant to this chapter. 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For the violation\nof any injunction or order issued under this chapter it shall have the same\npower to punish for contempt as a court of equity.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 561; 1992, c. 468.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}