Section 3049 Of Article 3. Paroles From California Penal Code >> Title 1. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 8. >> Article 3.
3049
. In all other cases not heretofore provided for, no prisoner
sentenced prior to July 1, 1977 may be paroled until he has served
the minimum term of imprisonment provided by law for the offense of
which he was convicted, except that in cases where the prisoner was
serving a sentence on December 31, 1947, and in which the minimum
term of imprisonment is more than one year, he may be paroled at any
time after the expiration of one-half of the minimum term, with
benefit of credits, but in no case shall he be paroled until he has
served one calendar year; provided, that any prisoner, received on or
after January 1, 1948, at any state prison or institution under the
jurisdiction of the Director of Corrections, whose minimum term of
imprisonment is more than one year, may be paroled at any time after
the expiration of one-third of the minimum term. In all other cases
he may be paroled at any time after he has served the minimum term
prescribed by law.