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Women’s Charter 1961 · s 91Q

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s 91QOther orders on sentences of imprisonment

(1)

Where, at any hearing, a respondent is sentenced to —

(a)

one or more terms of imprisonment mentioned in section 91B(1)(b);

(b)

one or more terms of imprisonment under section 91O; or

(c)

a combination of sentences mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b),the court imposing the sentences may direct any 2 or more of the sentences to run consecutively in the order that the court directs, and the court may direct any 2 or more of the sentences to run concurrently.

(2)

Unless the court directs otherwise, a sentence of imprisonment mentioned in section 91B(1)(b) or under section 91O takes effect on the day the sentence is passed.