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 [54 STAT. PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 254 -JUNE 6, 1940 Punishment. Prior breaches not affected by new pro- visions. 47 Stat. 698. 6 D. C. Code, Supp. V,§ 458. Parole of prisoners other than felons; authority of Board of Indeterminate Sen- tence and Parole. Prisoners convicted of prior misdemeanors or felonies; parole pro- visions. Commitment to custody of Attorney General of all pris- oners convicted in D. C. Places of confine- ment. Transfer from one institution to another. Felonies committed before effective date. Parole of prisoners after serving 15 years of life sentence. After serving one- third of sentence im- posed. prisoner after such escape, shall be guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof in any court of the United States shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years, said sentence to begin, if the convicted person be an escaped prisoner, upon the expiration of the original sentence." (b) This amendment of section 8 of said Act approved July 15, 1932, shall not have the effect to release or extinguish any punish- ment, penalty, or liability incurred under such section, and such section as originally enacted shall be treated as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper prosecution for the violation of such section committed prior to the passage of this amendatory Act. SEc. 7 . (a) The proviso to section 9 of said Act approved July 15, 1932, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Provided,however, That in the case of any prisoner convicted of two or more crimes other than a felony, including violations of municipal regulations and ordinances and Acts of Congress in the nature of municipal regula- tions and ordinances, when the aggregate of the sentences imposed is in excess of one year, said Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole may parole said prisoner, under the provisions of this Act, after said prisoner has served one-third of the aggregate sentence imposed." (b) In the case of a prisoner convicted of misdemeanors com- mitted prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act, when the aggregate sentence imposed is in excess of one year, and in the case of a prisoner convicted of felony committed prior to the effective date of said Act approved July 15, 1932, said Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole may parole said prisoner under the provisions of said Act approved July 15, 1932, as amended, after said prisoner has served one-fifth of the sentence imposed. SEC. 8. Said Act approved July 15, 1932, is further amended by adding at the end thereof a new section to be numbered 11 and to read as follows: "SEc. 11 . All prisoners convicted in the District of Columbia for any offense, including violations of municipal regulations and ordi- nances and Acts of Congress in the nature of municipal regulations and ordinances, shall be committed, for their terms of imprisonment, and to such types of institutions as the court may direct, to the cus- tody of the Attorney General of the United States or his authorized representative, who shall designate the places of confinements where the sentences of all such persons shall be served. The Attorney Gen- eral may designate any available, suitable, and appropriate institu- tions, whether maintained by the District of Columbia Government, the Federal Government, or otherwise, or whether within or without the District of Columbia. The Attorney General is also authorized to order the transfer of any such person from one institution to another if, in his judgment, it shall be for the well-being of the prisoner or relieve overcrowding or unhealthful conditions in the institution where such prisoner is confined, or for other reasons." SEC. 9. (a) Where a justice or a judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia has imposed or shall impose a life sentence on a prisoner convicted of a felony committed before this amendatory Act takes effect such prisoner shall be eligible to parole under the provisions of said Act approved July 15, 1932, as amended, after having served fifteen years of his life sentence. (b) Where a justice or judge of the district court of the United States has imposed or shall impose a sentence for a definite term of imprisonment on a prisoner convicted of a felony committed before this amendatory Act takes effect, such prisoner shall be eligible to 244

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