SECTION 6

(1) A joint trial shall be obligatory in the case of indivisible offences and option al in the case of related offences. (2) Offences are said to be indivisible: (a) when the same offence has been committed by several persons as co-offenders or with accomplices; or (b) when one and the same person commits several offences which are so connected that one cannot be tried, heard and determined without the other; or (c) when separate offences have been committed at the same time for the same objective. (3) Offences are said to the related: (a) when they are committed at the same time by several persons acting together; or (b) when they are committed by different persons even in different places and at different limes in pursuance of a conspiracy; or Courtesy of the Cameroon Center for Demoncracy and Human Rights – CCDHR: www.ccdhr.org 3 (c) when the offenders have committed the offences either to facilitate the commission of another offence or to ensure that the offence is not punished; (d) when there is a case of receiving property procured by the commission of a misdemeanour or felony whether knowing or having reason to suspect the criminal origin of the property; (e) in all cases where the relationship existing between them is as close as that of offences enumerated in this subsection.