Incorrigible rogue, punishment

A person who is convicted before a magistrate of being an incorrigible rogue shall be committed to prison until the next ensuing sitting of the Supreme Court within the Northern or Southern District, as the case may be, and the Supreme Court shall inquire into the circumstances of the case, and may, if it thinks fit, order such offender to be further imprisoned for any term not exceeding one year, which sentence shall have the same effect as if he had been convicted on indictment before the Supreme Court. etc.