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Criminal Procedure Code · s 436

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s 436Effect of appeal on sentence

(1)

The time during which an appellant is in custody pending the determination of his appeal shall, subject to any direction which the Court of

Appeal may give to the contrary, be reckoned as part of the term of any sentence to which he is for the time being subject.

(2)

Where the Court of Appeal gives a contrary direction under subsection (I), it shall state its reasons for doing so.

(3)

Where an appellant is admitted to bail under section 43 1, the time during which he is at large after being admitted to bail shall be disregarded in computing the term of any sentence to which he is for the time being subject.

(4)

The term of any sentence passed by the Court of Appeal shall, unless the Court of Appeal otherwise directs, begin to run from the time when it would have begun to run if passed in the proceedings from which the appeal lies.