SECTION 31 — Where applicable

(1) A life sentence shall carry with it for life the forfeitures prescribed by the last preceding Section. (2) Any other sentence for felony shall carry with it the same forfeitures for the duration of the sentence and for the 10 (ten) years following its expiry or release on licence unrevoked. (3) The trial court may in any case covered by the last preceding subsection, for reasons to be recorded in the judgment, relieve from one or more of the said forfeitures, or reduce their duration to not less than 2 (two) years. (4) To a sentence for misdemeanour, and where so authorized by law the competent court may, for reasons to be recorded in the judgment, add, for not more than 5 (five) years, one or more of the forfeitures prescribed by the last preceding Section.