Criminal Procedure Act 1986
29ATendency or coincidence—offences to be heard together
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29A Tendency or coincidence—offences to be heard together
29A Tendency or coincidence—offences to be heard together
(1) A court must hear and determine together proceedings for 2 or more offences if—
(a) the offences are alleged to have been committed by the same person, and
(b) the offences are—
(i) charged in the same indictment, or
(ii) listed for hearing on the same day and at the same place, and
(c) the prosecution has given notice that it intends to rely on tendency evidence or coincidence evidence that relates to more than 1 of the offences.
(2) This section is subject to section 21(2).
s 29A: Ins 2020 No 31, Sch 1.8[3].