Section 155: Rebellion by prisoner
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155. Rebellion by prisoner
La peine appliquée pour rébellion The punishment for rebellion,
à des prisonniers prévenus, accusés pronounced against prisoners, perou condamnés, relativement à sons charged, convicted of any other
d’autre crimes ou délits, sera par eux crime or misdemeanour shall be by
subie, à savoir— them undergone as follows—
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(a) par ceux qui, à raison (a) by those who, on acdes crimes ou délits qui count of the crimes or
ont causé leur détention, misdemeanours which
sont ou seraient condam- have caused their detennés à une peine non tion, are or may be concapitale, immédiatement demned to a punishment
après l’expiration de cette not capital, immediately
peine; et after the expiry of such
punishment; and
(b) par les autres, immédia- (b) by the others immeditement après l’arrêt ou ately after the final dejugement en dernier res- cree or judgment, which
sort, qui les aura acquit- has acquitted them, or
tés ou renvoyés absous absolved them from the
du fait pour lequel ils offence for which they
étaient détenus. were detained.
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- When does a prisoner start serving a sentence for rebellion if they are also being held for another offence?