2006 Code of Virginia § 3.1-106.17 - Violations

3.1-106.17. Violations.

A. The Commissioner or his agent shall determine from the examination of anyregulated product if this chapter, or the regulations issued hereunder, havebeen violated. The Commissioner or his agent shall give notice of theviolation to the registrant or the licensee responsible for the regulatedproduct, as the case may be, and may give notice to the distributor from whomthe Commissioner or his agent sampled the regulated product.

B. Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this chapter orthe regulations issued hereunder shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

C. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the Commissioneror his agent to report for prosecution, or for the institution of seizureproceedings, where the Commissioner considers the violations of the chapterto be minor. In such cases, the Commissioner may serve a suitable notice ofwarning in writing, when he believes that the public interest will be bestserved by so doing.

D. The Commissioner is hereby authorized to apply for, and the court togrant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person fromviolating, or continuing to violate, this chapter or any regulationpromulgated under this chapter, notwithstanding the existence of otherremedies at law.

(1994, c. 740.)