Except as provided in section 3672 of this title and Rule 38 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the sentence of imprisonment of any person convicted of an offense in the district court or Superior Court of the Virgin Islands shall commence to run from the date on which he is received at the penitentiary, reformatory, or jail for service of the sentence. If he is committed to a jail or other place of detention to await transportation to the place at which his sentence is to be served, his sentence shall commence to run from the date on which he is received at the jail or other place of detention.