The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 20 : Internal Security and Public Safety
Chapter 111 : General Provisions
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 1816)-
§ 1816. Construction
This chapter and chapter 113 of this title shall be liberally construed to the end that the criminal laws may be efficiently enforced and offenders promptly and certainly apprehended.