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40-22-117 - Construction of chapter.
40-22-117. Construction of chapter.
This chapter shall be liberally construed, and nothing in it shall be construed as seeking to impair the pardoning power of the governor, or the duties of the board of probation and parole in regard to the paroling of prisoners not inconsistent with the spirit of the chapter.
[Acts 1915, ch. 135, § 5; Shan., § 7230a18; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; Code 1932, § 11838; Acts 1979, ch. 359, § 39; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3018; Acts 1998, ch. 1049, § 20.]
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