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Section 83: Sentence on person already convicted

DISTRICT AND INTERMEDIATE COURTS (CRIMINAL JURISDICTION) ACT, No · PART III: SUMMARY JURISDICTION

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83. Sentence on person already convicted (1) Where a Magistrate, on conviction of a party charged, awards against him a sentence of imprisonment or of penal servitude, and such person has been previously sentenced to undergo imprisonment or penal servitude for another offence, the Magistrate may order that the term of imprisonment or of penal servitude for the subsequent offence shall commence at the expiration of the imprisonment or penal servitude (including imprisonment in default of payment of fine and costs) to which such person has been previously adjudged. (2) Any warrant of commitment for imprisonment in lieu of fine and costs shall, unless the Magistrate otherwise orders, only take effect from the expiration of the sentence of imprisonment or penal servitude or imprisonment in default of payment of fines or costs which the convicted person may be then undergoing. 84. —

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