822                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                       CH. 457

AND TO ADD THE NEW SUBHEADING "DEPARTMENT OF
PAROLE AND PROBATION" IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING
SECTION 115 THEREOF, and to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, Section 672(a) of Article 27 of the said Code (1967
Replacement Volume), title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle
"Places of Reformation and Punishment," subheading "Department
of Correction," subheading "Advisory Board," to separate the
functions of the Board of Parole and Probation from the Depart-
ment of Parole and Probation, to establish a separate full-time
independent Parole Board BOARD OF PAROLE to provide for its
members, their powers and duties, to provide for the Director of
Parole and Probation, his powers and duties and those of the De-
partment, to provide for the rights and duties of the employees of
the Board and the Department, creating an Advisory Board of
Parole and Probation and generally relating to parole and proba-
tion functions in the State, TO PROVIDE FOR THE EFFECT
OF THESE PROVISIONS UPON DEFECTIVE DELINQUENTS
AND CERTAIN JUVENILES, and to make other necessary
changes.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 107(E) AND 108 through 127, inclusive, of Article 41
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume and
1967 Supplement), title "Governor—Executive and Administrative
Departments," subtitle "The Executive Department," subheading
"Department of Parole and Probation," be and they are hereby re-
pealed, that new Sections 107(E) AND 108 through 127, inclusive,
be and they are hereby enacted in lieu thereof, to stand in the place
of the sections so repealed, to change the subheading "Department of
Parole and Probation" to be "Board and Department of Parole and
Probation OF PAROLE," AND THAT THE NEW SUBHEADING
"DEPARTMENT OF PAROLE AND PROBATION" BE AND IT
IS HEREBY ADDED IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SECTION
115 THEREOF and all to read as follows:

Board and Department of Parole and Probation OF PAROLE

107.

(E) A PAROLE IS A CONDITIONAL RELEASE FROM IM-
PRISONMENT, GRANTED BY THE BOARD OF PAROLE TO
ANY OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF PRISONERS IN ANY ADULT
PENAL OR CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OF THIS STATE,
IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SUBHEADING. A
PAROLE SHALL BE EVIDENCED BY AN ORDER IN WRITING,
AND ENTITLES THE RECIPIENT THEREOF TO LEAVE THE
INSTITUTION IN WHICH HE WAS IMPRISONED, AND TO
SERVE THE REMAINDER OF HIS TERM OUTSIDE THE CON-
FINES THEREOF IF HE SHALL SATISFACTORILY COMPLY
WITH ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS PROVIDED IN THE
PAROLE ORDER. EACH SUCH PAROLED PRISONER SHALL
BE DEEMED TO REMAIN IN LEGAL CUSTODY UNTIL THE
EXPIRATION OF HIS FULL, UNDIMINISHED TERM; AND
UPON HAVING VIOLATED THE CONDITIONS OF HIS PAR-
OLE, SHALL BE REMANDED TO THE INSTITUTION FROM
WHICH HE WAS PAROLED.