Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996

Interruption of proceedings after conviction

18.5.—(1) On conviction of an accused in summary proceedings, the judge may, without adjourning those proceedings, interrupt them by—

(a) considering a conviction against that person in other proceedings pending before that court for which he has not been sentenced; or

(b) passing sentence on that person in respect of the conviction in those other proceedings.

(2) When the judge has interrupted any proceedings under paragraph (1), he may, in passing sentence on an accused person in respect of a conviction in those proceedings, at the same time pass sentence on that person in respect of any other conviction he has considered.

(3) No interruption of any proceedings under paragraph (1) shall cause the instance to fall in respect of any person accused in those proceedings or shall otherwise affect the validity of those proceedings.