S.L. 220.4 Art. 71Sentence and recommendation mercy.

(1) The court shall award one sentence in respect of all the to offences of which the accused is found guilty. The sentence shall be in the appropriate form set out in the Fifth Schedule.

(2) The opinion of the president and each member as to the sentence shall be given orally and in closed court and their opinions shall be given in order of seniority commencing with the junior in rank.

(3) When the court have agreed to take into consideration an offence which is not included in the charge-sheet, the court shall award a sentence appropriate both to the offence of which the accused has been found guilty and to the other offence which they are taking into consideration, but no greater than the maximum sentence which may be awarded under the Act for the offence of which the accused has been found guilty, save that they may include in their sentence a direction that such deduction shall be made from the pay of the accused as they would have had the power to direct to be made if the accused had been found guilty of the offence taken into consideration as well as of the offence of which he has been found guilty.

(4) The court may make a recommendation to mercy and if they do so shall record in the proceedings their reasons for making it.