Navy Act, 1957 · Chapter XI: Charge
Section 92: Joinder of accused person
The following persons may be charged and tried together, namely:—
(i) persons accused of the same offence committed in the course of the same transaction;
(ii) persons accused of an offence and persons accused of abetment of, or an attempt to commit, such offence; and
(iii) persons accused of different offences committed in the course of the same transaction:
Provided that in a trial by a court-martial the trial judge advocate may, on the application made in this behalf by any accused, direct that each of the accused be tried separately by the same court-martial.
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