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§ 53.1-101 Work by prisoners

All prisoners convicted and sentenced or transferred to a farm shall be required to work on the farm, unless for good cause shown, the court sentencing and committing such prisoners shall order otherwise.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1970, chapter 648; in 1079, chapter 700; in 1982, chapter 636.

Code 1950, § 53-201; 1970, c. 648; 1079, c. 700; 1982, c. 636.

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