Penal Code · English · 2015
Article 74
Service and Computation of Sentence of Imprisonment
(1)
An offender shall begin service of any sentence of imprisonment on the day judgment is pronounced, unless ordered otherwise by the Court. Sentences shall be pronounced in days, months and years. In computing a sentence a day shall be considered a full 24 hours, a month shall be considered 30 days, and a year 365 days.
#(2)
Any time spent in custody after arrest and before judgment, whether in jail, prison or medical or psychiatric institution, on the charge for which the offender is being punished or on a concurrent charge for which the offender was jointly tried, shall be fully deducted from any sentence of imprisonment imposed by a Court.
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