If, in one series of acts connected so as to form the same transaction, 2 or more offences are committed by the same person, then he may be charged with and tried at one trial for every such offence.
Section history
Section 134 — Trial for more than one offence
As in force on 31 August 2018.
Timeline 4 versions
- 2 January 2011 Enacted
- 31 August 2012 Revised edition
- 31 August 2018 You are here
- 31 December 2021 Revised edition
- 17 August 2026 Latest
Illustrations
The separate charges referred to in illustrations (a) to (g) below respectively may be tried at one trial.
(a) A rescues B, a person in lawful custody, and in doing so causes grievous hurt to C, a constable in whose custody B was. A may be separately charged with offences under sections 225 and 333 of the Penal Code (Cap. 224).
(b) A has in his possession several seals that he knows to be counterfeit and intends to use them to commit forgeries punishable under section 466 of the Penal Code. A may be separately charged with the possession of each seal under section 473 of the Penal Code.
(c) Intending to cause injury to B, A begins a criminal proceeding against him knowing that there is no just or lawful basis for the proceeding; and also falsely accuses B of having committed an offence knowing there is no just or lawful basis for the charge. A may be separately charged with 2 offences under section 211 of the Penal Code.
(d) Intending to cause injury to B, A falsely accuses him of having committed an offence knowing that there is no just or lawful basis for the charge. At the trial A gives false evidence against B, intending thereby to cause B to be convicted of a capital offence. A may be separately charged with offences under sections 211 and 194 of the Penal Code.
(e) A, with 6 others, commits the offences of rioting, causing grievous hurt and assaulting a public servant trying to suppress the riot in the discharge of his duty. A may be separately charged with offences under sections 145, 325 and 152 of the Penal Code.
(f) A threatens B, C and D at the same time with injury to their persons with intent to cause alarm to them. A may be separately charged with each of the 3 offences under section 506 of the Penal Code.
(g) A locks B and C in a room and then sets fire to that room, intending thereby to cause their deaths. A may be separately charged with each of the 2 offences under section 302 of the Penal Code.