CrPC § 35 — Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial

Statutory text (English)

(1) 5[When a person is convicted at one trial of two or more offences, the Court may, subject to the provisions of section 71 of Pakistan
Penal Code(XLV of 1860)] sentence him, for such offences, to the several punishments prescribed therefor which such Court is competent to inflict; such punishments, when consisting of imprisonment 6* * * to
commence the one after the expiration of the other in such order as the court may direct, unless the Court directs that such punishments shall run concurrently.

(2) In the case of consecutive sentences, it shall not be necessary for the Court, by reason only
of the aggregate punishment for the several offences being in excess of the punishment which it is
competent to inflict on conviction of a single offence, to send the offender for trial before a higher
Court:
Maximum terms of punishment:

Provided as follows:-
(a) in no case shall such person be sentenced to imprisonment for a longer period than
fourteen years;
(b) if the case is tried by a Magistrate 1[* * *], the aggregate punishment shall not exceed
twice the amount of punishment which he is, in the exercise of his ordinary jurisdiction,
competent to inflict.

(3) For the purpose of appeal, 2[the aggregate of consecutive] sentences passed under this
section in case of convictions for several offences at one trial shall be deemed to be a single
sentence.
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C.-Ordinary and Additional Powers

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.35: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 29, 30, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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