21.
Combination of Sentences:
Any Court may pass any lawful sentence combining any of the sentences, which it is
authorized by law to pass.
22.
Imprisonment in Default of Payment of Fine:
Any criminal court may impose any term of imprisonment in default of payment of fine
which is authorized by Sections 70 and 71 of the Penal Code in case of such default;
provided that:
(i)
(ii)
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the term shall not be in excess of the powers of the Court under
sections 18 to 21.
in any case in which imprisonment imposed in default of payment of
fine shall not exceed: (a) three years, if the magistrate is of the first class or six months if
the case is tried summarily, and
(b) one year if the Magistrate is of the second class or three months
if the case is tried summarily.
Sentences in Case of Conviction of Several Offences at one Trial:
(1)
When a person is convicted at one trial of two or more distinct offences, the Court
may, subject to the provisions of section 74 of the Penal Code, sentence him for
such offences to the several punishments prescribed therefore, which such Court
is competent to inflict, such punishments, when consisting of imprisonment shall
run consecutively unless the Court directs that such punishments shall run
concurrently.
(2)
In cases falling under this section a Court shall not be limited by the provisions of
sections 18, 19 and 20 of this Code.
Provided that, subject to the exception in section 70 of the penal Code, a Magistrate shall not
impose consecutive sentences exceeding in the aggregate twice the amount of punishment
which he is, in the exercise of his ordinary jurisdiction, competent to inflict.
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