Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977)Chapter 28 : Sentence280. Cumulative or concurrent sentences |
| (1) | When a person is at any trial convicted of two or more offences or when a person under sentence or undergoing sentence is convicted of another offence, the court may sentence him to such several punishments for such offences or, as the case may be, to the punishment for such other offence, as the court is competent to impose. |
| (2) | Such punishments, when consisting of imprisonment, shall commence the one after the expiration, setting aside or remission of the other, in such order as the court may direct, unless the court directs that such sentences of imprisonment shall run concurrently. |
[Section 280(2) substituted by section 47(a) of Act No. 129 of 1993]
| (3) | Such punishments, when consisting of correctional supervision referred to in section 276(1)(h), shall commence the one after the expiration, setting aside or remission of the other, in such order as the court may direct, unless the court directs that such punishments of correctional supervision shall run concurrently: Provided that if such punishments in the aggregate exceed a period of three years, a period of not more than three years from the date on which the first of the said punishments has commenced shall be served, unless the court, when imposing sentence, otherwise directs. |
[Section 280(3) inserted by section 47(b) of Act No. 129 of 1993]