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an alcohol safety action program or a driver alcohol r~- habilitation program or such othe~ alcohol rehabilitation program as may in the opinion of~ the court be best suited to the needs of such person. Upon a second convlctlo , the court may not suspend more than two (2) years of such license suspension or revocation if such second conviction occurred less than five (5) years after a previous conviction, nor more than (10) years after a previous conviction. Upon a third conviction of a violation of ~21-19, such person shall not be eligible for participation in such alcohol rehabilitation- program. Notwithstanding any other provlsio~ of' this section, the period of license revocation or suspension shall no~ begin to expire until the person convicted has surrendered his license. to the Court or the Division of Motor Vehicles. 4. That Sections 21-38, 21-50, 21~54 (a), 21-54 (b), 21-76, 21-91, 21-98, and 21-110, of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, be amended to read as follows: Section 21-38. Carrying concealed weapons. ' (a) If any person carry about his person, hi~ from common observation, (1) any pistol, revolver, or other weapon designed. or intended to propel a missile of any kind, (2) dirk, bowie knife, switchblade knife, razor, slingshot, metal knucks, blackjack, (3) any flailing instrument consisting of two or more.rigid parts connected in such a manner' as to-allow them to swing freely, which may be known as a nun chahka, nunchuck, nunchaku, shut'ken, or fighting chain, or (4) any-disc, of whatever configuration, having at least two points or pointed. blades which is designed to be thrown or propelled and which may be known as a throwing star or oriental dart, or (5) any weapon of like kind as those enumerated in this paragraph, he shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor, and such weapon shall be fc. rfeited to the Commonwealth and may be seized by an officer as forfeited, and such as may be needed, fo~ police Officers,-con- servators of the peace, and the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services'of the Commonwealth'of Virginia shall be devoted to that purpose, and the remainder shall be destroyed by the officer having them in charge. (b) This section shall not (~!) Any person while the curtilage thereof; and apply to: in his own-place of-abode or 7