468. Where an accused person has, on conviction, been sentenced to imprisonment for a term, not being imprisonment in default of payment of fine, the period of detention, if any, undergone by him during the investigation, inquiry or trial of the same case and before the date of such conviction, shall be set off against the term of imprisonment imposed on him on such conviction, and the liability of such person to undergo imprisonment on such conviction shall be restricted to the remainder, if any, of the term of imprisonment imposed on him:
Provided that in cases referred to in
section 475, such period of detention shall be set off against the period of
fourteen years referred to in that section.
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 461 Warrant for levy of fine
Section 462 Effect of such warrant
Section 464 Suspension of execution of sentence of imprisonment
Section 465 Who may issue warrant
Section 466 Sentence on escaped convict when to take effect
Section 467 Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence
Section 468 Period of detention undergone by accused to be set off against sentence of imprisonment