CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
427. Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence
467. Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
427. Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence.—(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 122 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.
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
467. Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence.—(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.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023