{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:criminal-procedure:2015:article:19","workId":"law:eri:code:criminal-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:criminal-procedure:2015:en","title":"Territorial Jurisdiction in Cases with Multiple Charges or Multiple Defendants","number":"19","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/criminal-procedure-code-2015/article/19/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK I — THE COURTS, PROSECUTION, DEFENSE AND INVESTIGATION","title":"TITLE II — THE COURTS","chapter":"Chapter 3. — Jurisdiction of Courts"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Where charges in respect of several offences have been joined or where several accused have been charged with related offences, the proceedings may be heard by any Court which has territorial jurisdiction to try any of the offences or any of the accused and has subject matter jurisdiction over all of the offences.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/criminal-procedure-code-2015/article/19/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"criminal-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":32,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/criminal-procedure-code-2015/page/32/?article=19&paragraph=lead#article-19-lead"},{"sourceId":"criminal-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":33,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/criminal-procedure-code-2015/page/33/?article=19&paragraph=lead#article-19-lead"}]}],"caution":"English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues the English text as an unofficial translation. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation or whether this text reflects later legal changes."}