notice or release of prisoners

notice or release of prisoners Sec. 304. (a) Whenever the Board of Parole of the District of Columbia has authorized the release of a prisoner under section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole for the District of Columbia and to determine its functions, and for other purposes", approved July 15, 1932, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 24– 204), or the United States Board of Parole has authorized the release of a prisoner under section 6 of that Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 24– 206), it shall notify the Chief of Police of that fact as far in advance of the prisoner’s release as possible. (b) Except in cases covered by subsection (a) of this section, notice that a prisoner under sentence of six months or more is to be released from an institution under the management and regulation of the Director of the Department of Corrections shall be given to the Chief of Police as far in advance of the prisoner’s release as possible.