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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 636 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62482,"section_number":"53.1-187","catch_line":"Credit for time spent in confinement while awaiting trial","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-187\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":74944,"section_number":"53.1-198","catch_line":"Certain persons to choose good conduct system","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-198\/"}],"permalink":{"id":239171,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74282,"identifier":"53.1-192","token":"53.1\/6\/2\/53.1-192","url":"\/53.1-192\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-192\/","token":"53.1\/6\/2\/53.1-192","dublin_core":{"Title":"Applicability of article","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-192","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The provisions of this article shall be applicable only to those persons who were convicted, sentenced and committed to the Department<\/span> prior to July 1, 1981, and who, in accordance with \u00a7 53.1-198<\/a>, are not governed by the system of good conduct allowances established in Article 3 (\u00a7 53.1-198<\/a> et seq.) of this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE (\u00a7 53.1-192)\n\nThe provisions of this article shall be applicable only to those persons who\nwere convicted, sentenced and committed to the Department prior to July 1, 1981,\nand who, in accordance with \u00a7 53.1-198, are not governed by the system of good\nconduct allowances established in Article 3 (\u00a7 53.1-198 et seq.) of this\nchapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 636.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}