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I) If there was at that time 0.05 percent or less bY weight by volume of alcohol in the accused's blood~ it shall be presumed that the accused was not under the in- fluence of atcohol±c intoxicants; (2) If there was~at that time in excess of 0.05 percent but less than.0.10 percen~ by weight by volume of alcohol in the accused's blood,~such facts~shatT'not give rise to any ~ 'presumption that the accused was orwas not under the in- fluence of alcoholic intoxicants, but such facts ~ay be con- 'sidered with other competent evidence in determining the guilt or innocence of the accused. ~ (32 If there was at that time 0.10 percent or more by weight by volume of alcohol in the accused's blood, it shall be presumed that the accused was under the influence' of alcoholic intoxicants. Section 21-24. Forfeiture of driver's license; suspension of sentence. The judgment of conviction if for a'first offense under section 21-19 shall of itself operate to deprive the person so convicted of the privilege to drive or operate any motor vehicle, engine or train in the Commonwealth of Virginia~for a period of six (6) months from the date of such judgment. If such conviction is for a second or other subsequent offense (i) within five ~5~ years of a first offense conviction under 521-19, such person's license to operate a motor vehicle, engine or train shi1 be suspended for a period of three f3) years; or (ii) within'five (5) to ten fl0.} years of a first offense conviction under ~21-19; such person's license to operate a motor vehicle, enqine or train shall be suspended for-a period of two (2) years from the date of judgment or conviction. Any such period of license suspension in any case shall run con- secutively with any period of suspension for failure to permit a blood or breath sample to be taken as ~required by S21-21. 'If any person has heretofore been convicted or found not inno- cent in the case of a juvenile of violating any provisi°n of S21-19 or of violating any similar act in the Commonwealth of Virginia or any other State and thereafter is convicted of violating the provisi'ons of $21-19, such conviction or .finding shall, for the purpose of this section, be a subsequent offense and shall be punished accordingly. Six (62 months of any license suspension or any revocation imposed pursuant to this section for a first offense conviction may be sus- pended, in whole or in part, by the cour~ upon the entry of such person convicted into and the successful completion of'