Sec. 54-129. Discharge of paroled prisoner.
Sec. 54-129. Discharge of paroled prisoner. If it appears to the appropriate panel
of the Board of Pardons and Paroles that any convict or inmate on parole or eligible for
parole will lead an orderly life, said panel, by a unanimous vote of all the members
present at any regular meeting thereof, may declare such convict or inmate discharged
from the custody of the Commissioner of Correction and shall thereupon deliver to him
a written certificate to that effect under the seal of the Board of Pardons and Paroles
and signed by its chairman and the commissioner.
(1949 Rev., S. 8831; 1957, P.A. 461, S. 6; 1967, P.A. 152, S. 55; 1972, P.A. 25, S. 3; P.A. 04-234, S. 2.)
History: 1967 act, effective July 1, 1968, substituted custody of correction commissioner for "said prison" and provided
certificate be signed by chairman of board of parole and commissioner rather than executive secretary of board and warden;
1972 act applied provisions to persons eligible for parole and transferred duties formerly held by entire parole board or
quorum to panels of board; P.A. 04-234 replaced Board of Parole with Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1, 2004.
Cited. 170 C. 129. Cited. 213 C. 38.
Cited. 8 CA 656.
Cited. 4 CS 365. Cited. 16 CS 80.