Section 50, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

(1) Subject to the Criminal Procedure Rules in the First Schedule, charges for offences may, if those charges are founded on the same facts or form a series of offences of the same or a similar character, be joined in the same complaint, information or indictment and tried at the same time. (2) The following persons shall be charged and tried together, namely- (a) persons accused of the same offence committed in the course of the same transaction; (b) persons accused of an offence and persons accused of aiding and abetting or being an accessory to or of attempting to commit such offence or participating in the commission of such offence; (c) persons accused of different offences where all the offences are founded on the same facts or form or are part of a series of offences of the same or a similar character; (d) persons accused of different offences committed in the course of the same transaction. COMPENSATION AND COSTS