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 76Ti CONG., 3D SESS.-CH. 254-JUNE 6, 1940 SEC. 3. Section 4 of said Act, approved July 15, 1932, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 4. That whenever, within the limitations of section 3 of this Act, it shall appear to the Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole, from the reports of the prisoner's work and conduct which may be received in accordance with the rules and regulations pre- scribed, and from the study and examination made by the Board itself, that any prisoner serving an indeterminate sentence is fitted by his training for release, that there is a reasonable probability that such a prisoner will live and remain at liberty without violating the law, and that in the opinion of the Board such release is not incompatible with the welfare of society, said Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole may, in its discretion, authorize the release of such prisoner on parole, and he shall be allowed to go on parole, outside of said prison, and in the discretion of the Board to return to his home, or to such other place as the Board may indicate, upon such terms and condi- tions, including personal reports from said paroled prisoner, as said Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole shall prescribe, and to remain, while on parole, in the legal custody and under the control of the Attorney General of the United States or his authorized repre- sentative until the expiration of the maximum of the term or terms specified in his sentence, without regard to good-time allowance, and the said Board shall in every parole fix the limits of the residence of such person paroled: Provided, however, That the conditions prescribed and the residential limits may be thereafter changed or modified as the Board in its judgment may determine." SEC. 4 . Section 5 of said Act, approved July 15, 1932, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 5 . If said Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole, or any member thereof, shall have reliable information that a prisoner has violated his parole, said Board or any member thereof, at any time within the term or terms of the prisoner's sentence, may issue a warrant to any officer hereinafter authorized to execute the same for the retaking of such prisoner. Any officer of the District of Columbia penal institutions, any officer of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, or any Federal officer authorized to serve criminal process within the United States to whom such warrant shall be delivered is authorized and required to execute such warrant by taking such prisoner and returning or removing him to the penal institution of the District of Columbia from which he was paroled or to such penal or correctional institution as may be designated by the Attorney General of the United States." SEC. 5. Section 6 of said Act, approved July 15, 1932, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "In the event said prisoner is removed to a penal or correctional institution designated by the Attorney General, the Board of Parole, created by the Act of Congress entitled 'An Act to amend an Act providing for the parole of United States prisoners, approved June 25, 1910, as amended', approved May 13, 1930, shall have and exer- cise the same power and authority over such prisoner as the Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole would have had such prisoner been returned to a penal institution of the District of Columbia, including the power to revoke his parole." SEC. 6 . (a) Section 8 of said Act, approved July 15, 1932, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 8. Any person committed to a penal institution of the District of Columbia who escapes or attempts to escape therefrom or from the custody of any officer thereof or any other officer or employee of the District of Columbia, or any person who procures, advises, connives at, aids, or assists in such escape or conceals any such 47 Stab. 697. 6 D. C. Code, Supp. V, §454. Prisoner serving an indeterminate sen- tence. Provisions for re- lease on parole. Custody. Proviso. Modification of con. ditions, etc. 47 Stat. 698. 6 D. C. ode, Supp. V, S465. Violation of parole. etakingof prisoner. 47 Stat. 698. 6D. C. Code, Supp. V, 456. Board of Parole. Authority w hen prisoner removed to Institution designated by Attorney General. 36 Stat. 819; 46 Stat. 272. 18 U.S. C. §5723a- 723c. 47 Stat. 698. 6D. C. Code,Supp. V, § 137. Penal institutions of D.C. Prison breaches. 54 STAT.] 243

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