Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter 11
13. Sentence in case of conviction of several offences at one trial
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
When a person is convicted at one trial of two or more distinct offences, the Court may, subject to the provisions of section 7 1 of the
Penal Code (Chapter 22), sentence him for such offences to the several punishments prescribed therefor which such Court is competent to inflict, such punishments to commence the one after the expiration of the other in such order as the Court may direct unless the Court directs that such punishments shall run concurrently.
In the case of consecutive sentences, it shall not be necessary for the Court, by reason only of the aggregate punishment for the several offences being in excess of the punishment which it is competent to inflict on conviction of a single offence, to send the offender for trial before the High
offence
"offence" means any act or omission made punishable by any other written law for the time being in force…
Court:
Provided that -
in no case shall such person be sentenced to imprisonment for a longer period than 15 years;
the aggregate punishment shall not exceed three times the amount of punishment which the Magistrate in the exercise of his ordinary jurisdiction is competent to inflict.
For the purposes of appeal, aggregate sentences passed under this section in cases of convictions for several offences at one trial are deemed to be a single sentence.
Terms defined in s 2
High Court
Defined · s 2"High Court" means the High Court of the Supreme Court for Brunei Darussalam;
Magistrate
Defined · s 2"Magistrate" means a Magistrate appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under the Subordinate Courts Act or under any written law;
offence
Defined · s 2"offence" means any act or omission made punishable by any other written law for the time being in force…
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