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Section 139:

Criminal Procedure Act · PART VI: JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE

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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.]

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