Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XXVII · Sentences and the Carrying Out of IT
292. Commencement of sentence of imprisonment on prisoner already undergoing imprisonment
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of the imprisonment to which he has been previously sentenced, as the
Court awarding the sentence may direct.
Court
“Court” means the High Court, a Sessions Court, or a Magistrate’s Court of any class, as the context may require;
A sentence of death shall be executed notwithstanding the pendency of any sentence of imprisonment.
Nothing in subsection (1) shall be held to excuse any person from any part of the punishment to which he is liable upon his former or subsequent conviction.