(1) If a person whose sentence has been suspended commits a further offence for which he is sentenced to imprisonment or detention, any officer having power to issue a committal order in respect of the second sentence or any officer having power to issue or re-issue committal order in respect of the first may, subject to any recommendations to the contrary made by the court or officer who tried him for the second offence, order the sentence to run concurrently or consecutively, but,, if two sentences of detention amount in the aggregate to more than two years, the excess shall be remitted and where the second sentence is awarded under the Act and is one of imprisonment, a previous sentence of detention shall be remitted.
(2) A sentence of detention shall not be awarded if the offender is already under sentence of imprisonment.