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Criminal Law Act 1976
Offence committed while serving sentence.
13.—(1) Any sentence of penal servitude or imprisonment or of detention in Saint Patrick's Institution passed on a person for an offence committed while he is serving any such sentence shall be consecutive on the sentence that he is serving or, if he is serving or is due to serve more than one sentence, on the sentence last due to expire, so however that, where two or more consecutive sentences as required by this section are passed by the District Court, the aggregate term of imprisonment or detention in respect of those consecutive sentences shall not exceed F8[two years].
(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply in any case where the sentence being served or to be passed is a sentence of penal servitude for life or imprisonment for life.
(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall apply notwithstanding any thing contained in section 5 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1951.
Annotations
Amendments:
F8
Substituted (1.03.1985) by Criminal Justice Act 1984 (22/1984), s. 12, S.I. No. 17 of 1985.
Modifications (not altering text):
C9
Application of section restricted (23.07.1981) by Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act 1981 (21/1981), s. 8, in operation as per s. 18.
Offences committed on bail.
8.—(1) Where a person charged with an offence under section 6 of this Act is released on bail and commits an offence under that section while so released, any sentences of imprisonment passed on that person for offences under that section shall be consecutive.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall apply notwithstanding anything contained in section 5 of the Criminal Justice Act 1951, or section 13 of the Criminal Law Act 1976.