CHAPTER 342

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-272, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to suspension of sentence and probation. —

Approved March 18, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 53-272, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 53-272. After a plea, a verdict or a judgment of guilty in any
court having jurisdiction to hear and determine the offense, with which
the prisoner at the bar is charged, if there are circumstances in mitiga-
tion of the offense, or if it appears compatible with the public interest,
and in any case after a child has been declared delinquent or dependent, the
court may suspend the execution of sentence, in whole or in part, or the im-
position of sentence, or commitment, and may also place the defendant on
probation under the supervision of a probation officer, during good behavior,
for such time and under such conditions of probation as the court shall
determine. In case the prisoner has been sentenced for a misdemeanor
and committed, or in case a jail sentence has been imposed upon the
prisoner upon conviction of a felony, the court, or judge of such court in
vacation may at any time before the sentence has been completely served,
suspend the unserved portion of any such sentence.

In case the prisoner has been sentenced and committed to the peni-
tentiary for a felony and the sentence is partially suspended, for purposes
of good behavior credit and for parole eligibility, the term of imprison-
ment shall be that portion of the sentence which was not suspended.