(a) If it appears to the appropriate panel of the Board of Pardons and Paroles that any person on parole or inmate eligible for parole or any person serving a period of special parole will lead an orderly life, the panel, by a unanimous vote, may (1) declare such person on parole or inmate discharged from the custody of the Commissioner of Correction, or (2) at any time during such person's period of special parole, terminate such period, without a court order, before such person completes such period.
(b) Whenever any inmate has been discharged from the custody of the Commissioner of Correction or whenever any person's period of special parole has been terminated, the chairperson shall issue a certificate to that effect under the seal of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
(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; P.A. 19-84, S. 2.)
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; P.A. 19-84 designated existing provisions re convict or inmate eligible for parole or special parole as Subsec. (a) and substantially amended same including by replacing “convict or inmate” with “person”, deleting “of all the members present at any regular meeting of the panel,”, designating existing provision re discharge from custody and amending same by replacing “convict” with “person on parole”, deleting “and shall thereupon deliver to him or her a written”, and adding Subdiv. (2) re termination of period of special parole without court order, designated existing provisions re certificate as Subsec. (b) and amended same by adding provision re discharge from custody of commissioner or termination of period of special parole, and deleting provision re signing by chairperson of board and commissioner, and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2019.