CHAPTER 141

An Act to amend and reenact § 53-272 of the Code of Virginia, relating to
suspending sentence and placing on probation persons guilty of certain

offenses.
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Approved March 5, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

eT That § 53-272 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 538-272. 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 mitigation 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 imposition
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,
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 for a felony
and the sentence is partially suspended, for purposes of good behavior
credit and for parole eligibility, the term of imprisonment shall be that
portion of the sentence which was not suspended.