CHAPTER 249

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 58-251 of the Code of Virginia, relating to
eligibility for parole. ¢
(S 206]

Approved March 8, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1s That § 53-251 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as

ollows:

§ 53-251. (1) Except as herein otherwise provided, every person
convicted of a felony, and sentenced and committed under the laws of this
Commonwealth to the State Penitentiary, the State Penitentiary Farm,
the State Industrial Farm for Women, or the Southampton Penitentiary
Farm, or any of the State convict road camps, and any subsidiary institu-
tion, if a part of the major penal system, shall be eligible for parole after
serving one-fourth of the term of imprisonment imposed, or after serving
twelve consecutive years of the term of imprisonment imposed if one-
fourth of the term of imprisonment imposed is more than twelve
years. In the case of terms of imprisonment to be served consecutively,
the total time imposed shall constitute the term of imprisonment; in the
case of terms of imprisonment to be served concurrently, the longest term
imposed shall be the term of imprisonment.

(2) Persons sentenced to die * shall not be eligible for parole.

(3) Persons sentenced to life imprisonment shall be eligible for parole
after serving fifteen consecutive years.