Section 135: Deduction of time of previous confinement
consolidated text (as at 2011, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
135. Deduction of time of previous confinement
Where an accused has been in custody or has been imprisoned under a
warrant or process before his trial for an offence of which he has been convicted, the Court or Judge, in passing sentence, shall take into account the
time spent by the accused in custody and may sentence the accused to a
term less than the minimum by a term not exceeding the aggregate of the
term of imprisonment already served.
[S. 135 amended by s. 5 (a) of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f. 6 December 2008.]
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