(1)Where a person who is an escaped convict or is undergoing a sentence of imprisonment is sentenced again to imprisonment, the latter sentence of imprisonment must begin either immediately or at the end of the imprisonment to which he was previously sentenced, as the court awarding the sentence directs.
Section history
Section 322 — Commencement of sentence of imprisonment on prisoner already undergoing imprisonment
As in force on 31 August 2018.
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- 2 January 2011 Enacted
- 31 August 2018 You are here
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(2)A death sentence must be carried out despite a pending sentence of imprisonment.
(3)Nothing in subsection (1) may be held to excuse a person from any part of the punishment to which he is liable upon his former or subsequent conviction.