ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Criminal Procedure Code
136. Joinder of two or more accused in one charge or information
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
136. Joinder of two or more accused in one charge or information
The following persons may be joined in one charge or information and may be tried together—(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 abetment, or of an attempt to commit the offence;(c)persons accused of more offences than one of the same kind (that is to say, offences punishable with the same amount of punishment under the same section of the Penal Code (Cap. 63) or of any other Act or law) committed by them jointly within a period of twelve months;(d)persons accused of different offences committed in the course of the same transaction;(e)persons accused of an offence under Chapters XXVI to XXX, inclusive, of the Penal Code (Cap. 63), and persons accused of receiving or retaining property, possession of which is alleged to have been transferred by an offence committed by the first-named persons, or of abetment of or attempting to commit either of the last-named offences;(f)persons accused of an offence relating to counterfeit coin under Chapter XXXVI of the Penal Code (Cap. 63), and persons accused of another offence under that Chapter relating to the same coin, or of abetment of or attempting to commit any such offence.