Computation and commencement of sentence

(1) Where an appellant is admitted to bail under this Act, the time during which he is at large after being admitted shall be disregarded in computing the term of any sentence to which he is for the time being subject. 27 (2) Subject as hereinafter provided, six weeks of the time during which any appellant when in custody is treated pending the determination of his appeal as a prisoner awaiting trial, or the whole of that time if less than six weeks, shall be disregarded in computing the term of any sentence to which he is for the time being subject, provided that, (a) the foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply where leave to appeal is granted under this Part or any such certificate as is mentioned in section 23 (1) (b), has been given for the purpose of the appeal; (b) in any other case the Court may direct that no part of the said time or such part thereof as the Court thinks fit (whether shorter or longer than six weeks) shall be disregarded as aforesaid. (3) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section, the term of any sentence passed by the Court in substitution for a sentence passed on the appellant in the proceedings from which the appeal is brought shall, unless the Court otherwise directs, begin to run from the time when it would have begun to run if passed in those proceedings, and references in this section to any sentence to which the appellant is for the time being subject shall be construed accordingly.