(1) In a sentence of loss of liberty expressed in days, each day shall mean 24 (twenty-four) hours.
(2) Sentence of one month shall mean 30 (thirty) days.
(3) Sentence expressed in months or years shall be reckoned by calendar date
(4) Subject to Section 53, the duration of the sentence shall include and run from:
a) the day on which the offender was taken into custody under that sentence ;
b) in a case of concurrent sentences passed on different dates, the day on which he was first taken into custody under any such sentence.
(5) In case of escape, the period of unlawful liberty shall not be counted in the duration of the sentence.
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