THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1187

recommend to the Governor, who] which is hereby vested
with the authority and power to issue and grant paroles
when in [his] its judgment deemed advisable, [that the
Governor] grant a parole to such prisoner upon such
terms and condition as may be reasonable and proper
[provided, however, that no prisoner sentenced for a term
or terms totaling one year or more be released on parole
before having served in confinement one-third of such term
or consecutive terms, and that no]. No person who has
been sentenced to life imprisonment shall be eligible for
parole consideration until he shall have served in confine-
ment fifteen years. PRISONERS SERVING TERMS OF
LIFE IMPRISONMENT SHALL ONLY BE PAROLED
WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR.

101. [The Director of Parole and Probation and any of
his duly qualified officers and agents are authorized and
empowered to arrest any paroled prisoner who has vio-
lated any of the terms or conditions of his parole.

If any parole officer shall have reasonable cause to
believe that any paroled prisoner has violated the condi-
tions of his parole in any important respect, the said
parole officer shall report such fact to the Director of
Parole and Probation, who, thereupon shall issue a warrant
for the retaking of such paroled prisoner and his return
to the institution from whence he was paroled.

Whenever the Director of Parole and Probation shall
issue a warrant for the retaking of any paroled prisoner,
he shall within a reasonable time thereafter conduct at
any convenient place a hearing to determine whether or
not the parole issued to such paroled prisoner shall be
revoked. If the alleged violator of parole shall be within
this State, he shall be given an opportunity to appear per-
sonally and explain the charges made against him. If the
Director of Parole and Probation shall find that the said
paroled prisoner has in fact violated his parole, he shall
declare that such paroled prisoner has in fact violated his
parole and shall issue an order in writing remanding him
to the institution from which he was paroled, there to
serve out the time owed on his original sentence calculated
from the date of his release on parole, provided however,
that the said Director may, in his discretion, order such
delinquent paroled prisoner to serve in prison the unex-
pired portion of his term calculated from his delinquent
act rather than from the date of his release on parole. ]

Whenever any paroled prisoner shall be convicted of
any crime committed while on parole, and shall be sen-