Sec. 5 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 1951

Imposition of consecutive terms of imprisonment by District Court.

Imposition of consecutive terms of imprisonment by District Court.

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5.—Where a sentence of imprisonment is passed on any person by the District Court, the Court may order that the sentence shall commence at the expiration of any other term of imprisonment to which that person has been previously sentenced, so however that where two or more sentences passed by the District Court are ordered to run consecutively the aggregate term of imprisonment shall not exceed twelve months.

← Punishment on summary conviction for certain indictable offences. CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 1951 Inclusion of summary offences in indictment. →