Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 16
16. Where the punishment is for a term of days, a day of
punishment shall be reckoned at twenty-four hours; where the
punishment is for a term of months, but not more than three
months, each month shall be reck oned at thirty days; where the
punishment is of longer duration, the months and years shall be
reckoned according to the calendar.
Concurrent
offences and
punishments.
Amended by:
IX.1859.1;
XI.1900.6;
IX.1911.3,4;
XII.1914.4;
XXXIII.1972.4;
XXXVIII.1973.2;
XLIX.1981.4,6;
XVI.1996.6;
XXIV .2014.4.
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