Section 139:
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.
139. Penalty to be consecutive
(1) Where sentence is passed for an offence on a person already imprisoned under sentence for another crime, the Court may order that the imprisonment for the subsequent offence shall commence at the expiration of the
imprisonment to which that person has been previously sentenced.
(2) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), the Intermediate Court may on sentencing a person convicted of more than one offence under section 303, 304,
305, 306 or 307 of the Criminal Code order that the sentences shall run
consecutively.
(b) No order shall be made under paragraph (a) whereby a person
shall be required to serve sentences which in the aggregate exceed 30 years.
[S. 139 amended by Act 1 of 1985.]