                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

GOOD CONDUCT CREDITS FOR PERSONS CONVICTED PRIOR TO OCTOBER 1, 1942; EFFECT OF
CREDIT UPON ELIGIBILITY FOR PAROLE (§ 53.1-193)

Every person convicted of a felony before October 1, 1942, except those
referenced in § 53.1-194, shall, for every month that he is held in confinement
after June 24, 1944, in any state correctional facility, 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 parole.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 53-210; 1979, c. 415; 1982, c. 636.