(a)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; or2021
Section history
Section 145 — Joint trials with consent
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
(1)A court may try offences together at one trial or order a joint trial notwithstanding2021even2021 that2021though2021 it cannot do so by virtue of section 133, 134, 135, 136, 138, 143 or 144, if —
(b)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.
(2)Notwithstanding2021Despite2021 subsection (1), the court shall2021must2021 not try offences together or order a joint trial in relation to a person who had earlier given consent under that subsection if —
(a)at the time when the consent is given, the person is not represented by an advocate; and
(b)at the time of the trial, that person objects to the court trying the offences together or to the joint trial.