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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61822</law_id><section_number>53.1-158</section_number><catch_line>Release of prisoner subject to parole</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4">Probation and Parole</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Procedures Governing Parole</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Director</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall release into the <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Parole</span> <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, any of its <span class="dictionary">probation</span> and <span class="dictionary">parole</span> officers or the Chairman, any prisoner subject to <span class="dictionary">parole</span> under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of this Commonwealth whenever directed so to do by the <span class="dictionary">Parole</span> <span class="dictionary">Board</span> or by the Chairman.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-264; 1970, c. 648; 1973, c. 253; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1982, c. 636.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
