Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 — Section 397: Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence

397. Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence. When a person already undergoing a sentence of imprisonment, 2[* *] 4[imprisonment for life], is sentenced to imprisonment, 2[* *] 4[imprisonment for life], such imprisonment, 2[* *] 4[imprisonment for life] shall commence at the expiration of the imprisonment, 2[* *] 4[imprisonment for life], to which he has been previously sentenced, 5[unless the Court directs that the subsequent sentence shall run concurrently with such previous sentence]: 6 [* * * * * * *]

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