Sentence and Recommendation to Mercy

(1) The court shall award one sentence in respect of all the offences of which the accused is found guilty. (2) The sentences awarded pursuant to paragraph (1) of this rule shall be in the appropriate form set out in the Fourth Schedule to these Rules. (3) The opinion of the president and each member as to the sentence shall be given orally and in closed court and their 68 opinions shall be given in order of seniority commencing with the junior in rank. (4) The court may make a recommendation to mercy and if it does so shall record in the proceedings its reasons for making it.