27-53 - Penalty for violating § 27-51; separate offenses. - Virginia Statutes

§ 27-53. Penalty for violating § 27-51; separate offenses.

Any owner or lessee of any such building, who shall violate any of theprovisions of § 27-51, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100nor more than $500, or by confinement in jail not less than 6 nor more than12 months, or by both. The continuation of any failure to comply with theprovisions of such section for each week after notice has been given theowner or lessee of the buildings that the exits are unsafe or insufficientshall be deemed a separate offense.

(Code 1919, § 3144; R. P. 1948, § 27-38.)