12. Sentence in case of conviction of several offences at one trial

When a person is convicted at one trial of two or more distinct offences, the Syariah Court may, subject to the provision of any other written law relating to syariah criminal law which limits the punishment of an offence which is made up of several offences, sentence him for such offences to the several punishments prescribed therefor which such Syariah Court is competent to inflict. such punishments to commence the one after the expiration of the other in such order as the Syariah Court may direct unless the Syariah Court directs that such punishments shall run concurrently.

In the case of consecutive sentences, it shall not be necessary for the Syariah 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

For the purposes of an appeal, aggregate sentences passed under this section in case of convictions for several offences at one trial are deemed to be a single sentence.