53.1-156 - Period of parole; not counted as part of term. - Virginia Statutes

§ 53.1-156. Period of parole; not counted as part of term.

The period of parole which shall be fixed by the Board may be greater thanthe unserved portion of the sentence actually imposed upon the paroledprisoner by the court or jury which fixed his sentence. It shall not exceed,however, the difference between the time actually served in confinement bythe paroled prisoner, without regard to good conduct credit, and the maximumterm established by law as punishment for the offense or offenses of whichthe prisoner was convicted. The time during which a parolee is at large onparole shall not be counted as service of any part of the term ofimprisonment for which he was sentenced upon his conviction.

(Code 1950, §§ 53-255, 53-256; 1982, c. 636; 1987, c. 668.)