Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-65
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Civil rights suspended
Official statutory text
A sentence of imprisonment under the Department of Corrections
suspends all the civil rights of the person so sentenced, except the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 127
right to make employment contracts, during confinement under said
sentence, subject to the approval of the Director of the Department
of Corrections, when this benefits the vocational training or
release preparation of the prisoner, and forfeits all public
offices, and all private trusts, authority or power, during the term
of such imprisonment. Provided however, such persons during
confinement shall not be eligible to receive benefits under the
unemployment compensation law.
R.L. 1910, § 2813; Laws 1976, c. 163, § 2, emerg. eff. June 1, 1976.
suspends all the civil rights of the person so sentenced, except the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 127
right to make employment contracts, during confinement under said
sentence, subject to the approval of the Director of the Department
of Corrections, when this benefits the vocational training or
release preparation of the prisoner, and forfeits all public
offices, and all private trusts, authority or power, during the term
of such imprisonment. Provided however, such persons during
confinement shall not be eligible to receive benefits under the
unemployment compensation law.
R.L. 1910, § 2813; Laws 1976, c. 163, § 2, emerg. eff. June 1, 1976.
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