New York § 500-L - 500-LRelease on holidays, Saturdays and Sundays
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§ 500-L. 500-LRelease on holidays, Saturdays and Sundays
§ 500-l. Release on holidays, Saturdays and Sundays. When the date of release from imprisonment in any county jail or jail farm, any city prison or workhouse, falls on Saturday or Sunday, it shall be deemed to fall on the preceding Friday. When the date of such release falls on a legal holiday it shall be deemed to fall on the preceding day, except that when such legal holiday falls on a Monday the date of release shall be deemed to fall on the preceding Friday. This section shall also apply to civil prisoners confined in any jail or prison. This section shall not apply to a sentence of intermittent imprisonment imposed pursuant to article eighty-five or paragraph (d) of subdivision two of section 60.01 of the penal law.
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Section 500-L ("500-LRelease on holidays, Saturdays and Sundays") is part of the New York Consolidated Laws, the codified statutory law of New York. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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