Statutes > Arkansas Statutes > Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts > Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally > Chapter 93 - Probation And Parole > Subchapter 6 - Parole -- Eligibility > § 16-93-602 - Felonies committed between April 1, 1977, and April 1, 1983 -- Purpose and construction of sections.

§ 16-93-602 - Felonies committed between April 1, 1977, and April 1, 1983 -- Purpose and construction of sections.

16-93-602. Felonies committed between April 1, 1977, and April 1, 1983 -- Purpose and construction of sections.

(a) It is the purpose and intent of 16-93-602 -- 16-93-604 to establish parole eligibility for a person convicted of a felony committed on or after April 1, 1977, and prior to April 1, 1983.

(b) Nothing in 16-93-602 -- 16-93-604 is to be construed to repeal the parole eligibility laws in effect on the date criminal offenses were committed prior to April 1, 1977.