Section 106
Imprisonment or detention of offender already under sentence.
About this Act
An Act to provide for the constitution and regulation of an Armed Force of the Union for ensuring the security of the maritime zones of India with a view to the protection of maritime and other national interests in such zones and for matters connected therewith.
Whenever a sentence is
passed by a Coast Guard Court on a person already under sentence either of imprisonment or detention
passed on him under this Act for a former offence, the court may award a sentence of imprisonment or
detention for the offence for which he is under trial to commence at the expiration of the sentence of
imprisonment or detention to which he has been previously sentenced:
Provided that so much of any term of detention imposed on a person by a sentence in pursuance of this section as will prolong the total term of detention beyond two years shall be deemed to be remitted.
Provided that so much of any term of detention imposed on a person by a sentence in pursuance of this section as will prolong the total term of detention beyond two years shall be deemed to be remitted.