Section 467 · Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence
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(1) When a person already
undergoing a sentence of imprisonment is sentenced on a subsequent conviction to imprisonment or
imprisonment for life, such imprisonment or imprisonment for life shall commence at the expiration of the
imprisonment to which he has been previously sentenced, unless the Court directs that the subsequent
sentence shall run concurrently with such previous sentence:
Provided that where a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment by an order under section 141 in default of furnishing security is, whilst undergoing such sentence, sentenced to imprisonment for an offence committed prior to the making of such order, the latter sentence shall commence immediately.
(2) When a person already undergoing a sentence of imprisonment for life is sentenced on a subsequent conviction to imprisonment for a term or imprisonment for life, the subsequent sentence shall run concurrently with such previous sentence.
Provided that where a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment by an order under section 141 in default of furnishing security is, whilst undergoing such sentence, sentenced to imprisonment for an offence committed prior to the making of such order, the latter sentence shall commence immediately.
(2) When a person already undergoing a sentence of imprisonment for life is sentenced on a subsequent conviction to imprisonment for a term or imprisonment for life, the subsequent sentence shall run concurrently with such previous sentence.
Under the old law
BNSS 467CRPC 427
427. Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence.
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