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144. Notwithstanding section 143, a person may be separately charged and tried together with any other person accused of another offence under the same written law, if both offences arise from the same series of acts, whether or not they form the same transaction.
Illustrations
(a)
A agrees to let B keep his benefits of drug trafficking in A’s bank account to avoid detection. A and B may be separately charged and tried together for offences under sections 43(1)(a) and 46(1)(a) of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (Cap. 65A) respectively as the offences arise from the same series of acts.
(b)
A sells 10 grams of diamorphine to B. Out of the 10 grams of diamorphine, B sells 5 grams to C. A, B and C may be separately charged and tried together for offences under section 5(1)(a) of the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 185) as the offences arise from the same series of acts.
(c)
A has in his possession a secret official code word which has been entrusted in confidence to him by a person holding office under the Government and fails to take reasonable care of the secrecy of the information. As a result of A’s failure, B comes into possession of the secret official code word and retains it for a purpose prejudicial to the safety of Singapore when he has no right to retain it. A and B may be separately charged and tried together for offences under sections 5(1)(d)(iv) and 6(2)(a) of the Official Secrets Act (Cap. 213) respectively as the offences arise from the same series of acts.
(d)
A gives B a gratification as an inducement for awarding a contract by B’s company to A. A and B may be separately charged and tried together for offences under section 6(b) and (a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act (Cap. 241) respectively as the offences arise from the same series of acts.
(e)
Members of opposing factions in an unlawful assembly or a riot may be separately charged and tried jointly as the offence of unlawful assembly or rioting arises from the same series of acts.







