'National procedures re enforcement of sentences imposed' in document 'Afghanistan - Penal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

First Book
General Provisions

Section Three

CHAPTER SEVEN
Plurality of Crime and Its Effect on Punishment

Article 159 :

When a person is convicted for committing a crime and later is sentenced to punishments for committing another crime, both punishments shall be implemented one after the other, even if the total period of imprisonment exceeds twenty years.