Section 143, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

(1) Where an order of the Court is made under section 141 for a separate trial or section 142 for postponement of a trial- (a) if the order is made during a trial with assessors, the Court may order that the assessors be discharged from giving an opinion, as the case may be, on the count or counts on the indictment or the trial of which is postponed; and (b) the procedure on the - (i) separate trial of a count shall be the same in all respects as if the count had been contained in a separate indictment; (ii) separate trial of a defendant shall be the same in all respects as if the defendant had been charged in a separate indictment; and provided that the assessors, if any, have been discharged; (c) the Court may make an order admitting the defendant to bail and for the enlargement of recognisances or otherwise, as the Court thinks fit. (2) The power of the Court under sections 141, 142 and this section shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other power of the Court for the same or similar purposes. 78 79 separate postponement of trial. Court may dispense with