Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · The Charge
132. Separate charges for distinct offences
Feedback & supportFor every distinct offence of which any person is accused, there must be a separate charge and, subject to subsection (2), every charge must be tried separately.
Subsection (1) does not apply —
in the cases mentioned in sections 133 to 136, 138, 143, 144 and 145;
to charges to which the accused pleads guilty; or
to charges which the accused and the prosecutor consent to be taken into consideration under section 148.Illustration A is accused of a theft on one occasion and of causing grievous hurt on another occasion. A must be separately charged and separately tried for the theft and causing grievous hurt. However, A does not need to be separately tried if A pleads guilty to both charges or if A pleads guilty to one charge and consents to the other charge being taken into consideration under section 148.