Section 6 Computation of sentence where bail granted.F1F2
Where a person subject to a sentence is F3admitted togranted bail pending an appeal under section one of this Act, the time during which he is at large after being so admittedreleased on bail shall be disregarded in computing the term of his sentence.
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Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section, any sentence passed on an appeal under section one of this Act in substitution for another sentence shall, unless the F5Supreme Court or the court below otherwise directs, begin to run from the time when that other sentence would have begun to run.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Ss. 1–5 repealed (N.I.) with saving by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23) , Sch. 6 para. 13
- F2
Ss. 6 , 9 , 13 , 15 , 17(1)(3)(4) , 18(3) repealed (N.I.) with saving by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38) , Sch. 6 para. 13 , Sch. 7 Pt. I
- F3
Word “granted” substituted (E.W.) for words “admitted to” and words “released on bail” substituted (E.W.) for words “at large after being so admitted” by Bail Act 1976 (c. 63) , Sch. 2 para. 31
- F4
Ss. 5(2) , 6(2) repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80) , Sch. 7 Pts. I , III
- F5
Words in s. 6(3) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 13(5); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)