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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 833 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 1988 \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 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1386975,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348953,"identifier":"15.2-6013","token":"15.2\/IV\/60\/15.2-6013","url":"\/15.2-6013\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-6013\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/60\/15.2-6013","dublin_core":{"Title":"Chapter liberally construed","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-6013","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the Commonwealth and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCHAPTER LIBERALLY CONSTRUED (\u00a7 15.2-6013)\n\nThis chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the Commonwealth and its\ninhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 833, \u00a7 15.1-1648; 1997, c. 587.","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"}}