FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976 - SECT 23BD Single indictment can include multiple counts

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976 - SECT 23BD

Single accused

  (1)   The prosecutor may, in a single indictment, include counts against the accused for more than one indictable offence if those counts:

  (a)   are founded on alleged facts that are the same or substantially the same; or

  (b)   are, or form part of, a series of alleged indictable offences:

  (i)   of the same or a similar character; or

  (ii)   committed in the pursuit of a single purpose.

Multiple accused

  (2)   The prosecutor may, in a single indictment, include counts against more than one accused for the same or different indictable offences if those counts:

  (a)   are founded on alleged facts that are the same or substantially the same; or

  (b)   are, or form part of, a series of alleged indictable offences:

  (i)   of the same or a similar character; or

  (ii)   committed in the pursuit of a single purpose.