Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act (3) Zimbabwe If the court passes sentence upon the accused for an offence in terms of subsection (1), the court shall record— (a) the date, place and nature of the offence; and (b) the sentence passed upon the accused in respect thereof; and the accused shall be deemed to have been convicted and sentenced for the offence. (4) If the conviction of the offence with which the accused was charged is set aside on appeal or review, the conviction and sentence referred to in subsection (3) shall be deemed to be set aside: Provided that no person shall be entitled to plead that he has already been acquitted of an offence with which he is charged by virtue of the setting aside of a conviction in terms of this subsection. Part XVIII – Punishments 335A.Interpretation in Part XVIII In this Part— “community service” means any service for the benefit of the community or a section thereof which an offender is required to render in terms of community service order or an order made under section three hundred and forty-seven or three hundred and fifty-eight; “community service order” means an order under section three hundred and fifty A. [section inserted by section 10 of Act 8 of 1997] 336. Nature of punishments (1) Subject to this Act and any other law, a court may impose the following punishments upon a convicted offender— (a) in the case of the High Court, sentence of death, where the offender is convicted of murder in aggravating circumstances; [paragraph substituted by section 42 of Act 2 of 2016] (b) imprisonment for life; [paragraph as substituted by section 11 of Act 8 of 1997] (b1) imprisonment for a determinate period; [paragraph inserted by section 11 of Act 8 of 1997] (c) extended imprisonment in terms of section three hundred and forty-six; (d) a fine; (d1) community service; [paragraph inserted by section 11 of Act 8 of 1997] (2) (e) where the convicted person is a male person under the age of eighteen years, corporal punishment; (f) putting the convicted person under recognizance with conditions. Nothing in subsection (1) shall be construed as— (a) authorizing a court to impose for any offence a punishment other than, or in excess of, the punishment which by law it is competent for that court to impose for that offence; or By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 133