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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350671</law_id><section_number>18.2-297</section_number><catch_line>How article construed</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="52" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="7" identifier="7">Crimes Involving Health and Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="9" identifier="5">Uniform Machine Gun Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of those states which enact it.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-267; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
