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Section 21-24. Forfeiture of driver s license; suspension of sentence. The judgment of c.o~viction if for a first offense under Section 21-19 shall of itsel~ operate to deprive the person so convicted Of the privilege to drive or operate any motor vehic.le~, engine or train in the Commonwealth of Virginia for a period, of six (6) months from the date of such judgment. If suc~ conviction is for a second or other subsequent offense (i) within five (5) years of a.first offense convicti6n under Section 21-19, such person's license to operate a motor vehicle, engine or train shall be suspended for a period of three (3) years or, (ii) within five (5) to ten (10) years of a first offense conviction under Section 21-19, such person's licen'se to operate a motor vehicle, engine or train shall be suspended for a period of two (2) years from the date of the judgment of conviction. Any s~ch period of license suspension in. any case shall run consecutively_ with any period of suspension for failure to permit a blood or breath sample to be taken as required by Section 21-21. If any person has heretofore been convicted or found not innocent in the case of a juvenile of Violating any provision of Section 21-19 or of violating any similar act in the Commonwealth of Virginia or any other State and thereafter is convicted of violating the provisions of Section 21-t9~ such conviction or finding shall, for the purpose of this ~ection, be a subsequent offense and shall be punished acco~dingiy. Six (6) months of any license sus- pension or any revocation imposed pursuant to this section for a first offense conviction may be susuended, in whole or in part, by tbs Co,art upon the entry of such person con- victed into and the successful completion of an alcohol safety action progr~ or a driver alcohol rehabilitation proga~mor such other alcohol rehabilitation program ~s may in the opinion of the Court be best suited to the needs of such person. Upon a second conviction, 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 ' ~' one (1) year if such second conviction occurred five (5) to ten (10) years after a previous conviction. Upon a third conviction of a violation of Section 21-19, such person shall not be eligible for participa~ionin such alcohol rehabilitation program. 2. This Ordinance shall take effect from the date of its adoption. Adopted by the Council of the City-of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held July 13, 1982. Teste: City Clerk