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It has been modified 4 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1962, chapter 393; in 1973, chapter 238; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>; in 2015, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0709\">709<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1386641,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348871,"identifier":"15.2-5615","token":"15.2\/IV\/56\/15.2-5615","url":"\/15.2-5615\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5615\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/56\/15.2-5615","dublin_core":{"Title":"Chapter to constitute complete authority for acts authorized; liberal construction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5615","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>This chapter shall constitute full and complete <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span>, without regard to the provisions of any other <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, for the doing of the acts and things herein authorized. 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