CAP. 75 Criminal Procedure Code [Rev. 2012] 9. Repealed by Act No. 17 of 1967, s. 25. 10. Repealed by Act No. 17 of 1967, s. 25. 11. Repealed by Act No. 17 of 1967, s. 25. 12. Combination of sentences Any court may pass a lawful sentence combining any of the sentences which it is authorized by law to pass. [Act No. 17 of 1967, s. 26.] 13. Repealed by Act No. 17 of 1967, s. 25. 14. Sentences in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial (1) Subject to subsection (3), when a person is convicted at one trial of two or more distinct offences, the court may sentence him, for those offences, to the several punishments prescribed therefor which the court is competent to impose; and those punishments when consisting of imprisonment shall commence the one after the expiration of the other in the order the court may direct, unless the court directs that the punishments shall run concurrently. (2) In the case of consecutive sentences, it shall not be necessary for the court, by reason only of the aggregate punishment for the several offences being in excess of the punishment which it is competent to impose on conviction of a single offence, to send the offender for trial before a higher court. (3) Except in cases to which section 7(1) applies, nothing in this section shall authorize a subordinate court to pass, on any person at one trial, consecutive sentences— (a) of imprisonment which amount in the aggregate to more than fourteen years, or twice the amount of imprisonment which the court, in the exercise of its ordinary jurisdiction, is competent to impose, whichever is the less; or (b) of fines which amount in the aggregate to more than twice the amount which the court is so competent to impose. (4) For the purposes of appeal, the aggregate of consecutive sentences imposed under this section in case of convictions for several offences at one trial shall be deemed to be a single sentence. [Act No. 17 of 1967, s. 46, Act No. 25 of 1971, Sch., Act No. 4 of 1974, Sch.] 15. Suspended Sentences (1) Any court which passes a sentence of imprisonment for a term of not more than two years for any offence may order that the sentence shall not take effect unless during the period specified by the court (hereinafter called the “operational period”) the offender commits another offence, whether that offence is punishable by imprisonment, corporal punishment or by a fine. (2) Where the offender is convicted of an offence during the operational period the sentence for the first offence in respect of which the offender was convicted under subsection (1) shall thereupon take effect. [Issue 1] C44 - 20