73Joint accused

73 Joint accused

73 Joint accused

(1) If the accused person has been charged jointly with any other person with the offence concerned, a separate case conference is to be held for each of the co-accused. However, a joint case conference may be held for 2 or more co-accused with the consent of the prosecutor and each of the co-accused.

(2) A joint case conference may be held only if a charge certificate has been filed for each of the co-accused.

s 73: Ins 2001 No 119, Sch 1 [43]. Subst 2017 No 55, Sch 1 [3].