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CAP. 9.]
Reprimand or
admonition.
Repealed by:
II.1886.4.
and
re-enacted by:
XVI.1888.4.
CRIMINAL CODE
15. (1) The reprimand or admonition shall be made in open
court by the judge or magistrate who tried the offence.
(2) Whosoever shall receive the reprimand or admonition with
overt acts of contempt or want of respect, shall be liable to
detention or to a fine (ammenda).
Sub-title II
G ENERAL P ROVISIONS RESPECTING THE I NFLICTION AND
E XECUTION OF P UNISHMENTS
Reckoning of
punishment.
16. Where the punishment is for a term of days, a day of
punishment shall be reckoned at twenty-four hours; where the
punishment is for a term of months, but not more than three
months, each month shall be reckoned at thirty days; where the
punishment is of longer duration, the months and years shall be
reckoned according to the calendar.
Concurrent
offences and
punishments.
Amended by:
IX.1859.1;
XI. 1900.6;
IX.1911.3,4;
XII.1914.4;
XXXIII.1972.4;
XXXVIII.1973.2;
XLIX. 1981.4,6;
XVI.1996.6;
XXIV. 2014.4.
17.
In the case of concurrent offences and punishments, the
following provisions shall apply:
(a) a person guilty of more than one crime liable to
punishments restrictive of personal liberty, one of
which is for life, shall be sentenced to this punishment
with the addition of solitary confinement;
(b) a person guilty of more than one crime liable to
temporary punishments restrictive of personal liberty,
shall be sentenced to the punishment for the graver
crime with an increase varying from one-third to onehalf of the aggregate duration of the other
punishments;
(c) a person guilty of more than one contravention shall be
sentenced to the punishment established for each
contravention:
Provided that if the accused is sentenced to
detention, the aggregate duration of the punishment to
be awarded shall in no case exceed the period of three
months;
(d) a person guilty of one or more crimes and of one or
more contraventions, shall only be sentenced to the
punishment established for the crime or to the
punishment to which the offender may be liable for the
commission of more crimes according to the rules laid
down in the preceding paragraphs, if the punishment to
be inflicted for the crimes is not less than three
months’ imprisonment. Where the punishment to be
inflicted for the crimes is less than three months’
imprisonment, the punishment established for the
contravention or the punishment to which the offender
may be liable for the commission of more
contraventions according to the rules laid down in the