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Primary Courts' Procedure Act (No. 44 of 1979) - Sect 14

Sentence in case of conviction for several offences at one trial

14.
(1) When a person is convicted at one trial of any two or more distinct offences the Primary Court may subject to subsection (3) sentence him for such offences to the several punishments prescribed therefor which the court is competent to inflict; such punishments when consisting of imprisonment to commence, unless the court orders them or any of then, to run concurrently, the one after the expiration of the other in such order as the court may direct:
(2) For the purpose of appeal aggregate sentences passed under this section in case of conviction for several offences at one trial shall be deemed to be a single sentence.
(3) The provisions of sections 55 and 67 of the Penal Code shall apply to all offences whatever.


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