Maximum term of punishment

Maximum term of punishment.

Provided as follows:-

1. (a) in no case shall such person be sentenced to imprisonment for a longer period than fourteen years;
2. (b) if the case is tried by a Magistrate (other than a Magistrate acting under section 34), the aggregate punishment shall not exceed twice the amount of punishment which he is, in the exercise of his ordinary jurisdiction, competent to conflict.

1. (3) For the purposes of appeal, the aggregate of consecutive sentences passed under this section in case of conviction for several offences at one trial shall be deemed to be a single sentence.