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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>87086</law_id><section_number>53.1-193</section_number><catch_line>Good conduct credits for persons convicted prior to October 1, 1942; effect of credit upon eligibility for parole</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>53.1-195</reference></referred_to_by><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="6">Commencement of Terms; Credits and Allowances</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Good Conduct Allowances for Persons Committed Prior to July 1, 1981</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every person convicted of a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> before October 1, 1942, except those referenced in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Good conduct credits for prisoners committing crimes, pardon violators and escapees convicted prior to October 1, 1942; effect of credit upon eligibility for parole" href="/53.1-194/">53.1-194</a>, shall, for every month that he is held in confinement after June 24, 1944, in any <span class="dictionary">state correctional facility</span>, without violating any prison rule or regulation, be allowed a credit of thirty days upon the total term of confinement to which he has been sentenced, in addition to the time he actually serves. Any credit allowed under the provisions of this section shall also be considered as reducing the term of imprisonment to which the prisoner was or is sentenced for the purpose of determining his eligibility for <span class="dictionary">parole</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-210; 1979, c. 415; 1982, c. 636.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
