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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 415 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 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1495869,"object_type":"law","relational_id":374872,"identifier":"62.1-232","token":"62.1\/22\/62.1-232","url":"\/62.1-232\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-232\/","token":"62.1\/22\/62.1-232","dublin_core":{"Title":"Liberal construction of chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-232","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that its beneficial purposes may be effectuated. 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