Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · The Charge
145. Joint trials with consent
Feedback & supportA court may try offences together at one trial or order a joint trial even though it cannot do so by virtue of section 133, 134, 135, 136, 138, 143 or 144, if —
court
“court” means the Court of Appeal, the General Division of the High Court, a Family Court, a Youth Court, a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court (as the case may be) which exercises criminal jurisdiction;
in a case where an accused is charged with 2 or more offences, the Public Prosecutor and the accused consent to have all such offences tried together; or
in a case where 2 or more persons are charged with separate offences, the Public Prosecutor and all such persons consent to a joint trial.
Despite subsection (1), the court must not try offences together or order a joint trial in relation to a person who had earlier given consent under that subsection if —
at the time when the consent is given, the person is not represented by an advocate; and
at the time of the trial, that person objects to the court trying the offences together or to the joint trial.