Section 2.29 - Release on parole(a) A grant of parole shall not be deemed to be operative until a certificate of parole has been delivered to the prisoner.(b) An effective date of parole shall not be set for a date more than nine months from the date of the hearing. Residence in a community corrections center as part of a parole release plan generally shall not exceed one hundred and twenty days.(c) When an effective date of parole falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the Warden of the appropriate institution shall be authorized to release the prisoner on the first working day preceding such date.42 FR 39809, 8/5/1977, as amended at 44 FR 3407, 1/16/1979; 60 FR 51350, 10/2/1995; 68 FR 41530, 7/14/2003