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| (1) Any convict shall not by reason of his escape from prison avoid any unexpired term of imprisonment simple or rigorous or any other punishment to which he was liable under any sentence or sentences passed on him prior to his escape. |
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| (2) When a sentence is passed on an accused that was absent at his trial such sentence shall be put into execution immediately upon his arrest. |
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| (3) When a sentence of death or of fine or whipping with or without imprisonment is passed on an escaped convict, such sentence, if of death, fine, or whipping, shall subject to the provisions herein before contained take effect immediately ;. and if the imprisonment under the new sentence is rigorous and such convict was undergoing only simple imprisonment when he escaped, the rigorous imprisonment shall take effect immediately and shall be enforced concurrently with the former sentence, but if such convict was undergoing rigorous imprisonment when he escaped, the rigorous imprisonment under the new sentence shall take effect after such convict has suffered rigorous imprisonment for a further period commencing from the date of his recapture equal to that which at the time of his escape remained unexpired of his former sentence. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts