Section 54-129 - Discharge of paroled prisoner.

CT Gen Stat § 54-129 (2019) (N/A)
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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 or on special parole will lead an orderly life, the panel, by a unanimous vote of all the members present at any regular meeting of the panel, may declare such convict or inmate discharged from the custody of the Commissioner of Correction and shall thereupon deliver to him or her a written certificate to that effect under the seal of the Board of Pardons and Paroles and signed by the chairperson of the board 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; P.A. 18-63, S. 3.)

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; P.A. 18-63 added reference to special parole and made technical changes.

Cited. 170 C. 129; 213 C. 38.

Cited. 8 CA 656.

Cited. 4 CS 365; 16 CS 80.