§ 135 — Trial of offences within 2 or more definitions

135. If the alleged acts constitute an offence falling within 2 or more separate definitions of any law by which offences are defined or punished, then the person accused of them may be charged with and tried at one trial for each of those offences.Illustrations

The separate charges referred to in illustrations (a) to (d) below respectively may be tried at one trial.

(a)

A wrongfully strikes B with a cane. A may be separately charged with offences under sections 352 and 323 of the Penal Code 1871.

(b)

Several stolen sacks of rice are passed to A and B, who know they are stolen property, so they can conceal them. A and B then voluntarily help each other to conceal the sacks at the bottom of a grain‑pit. A and B may be separately charged with offences under sections 411 and 414 of the Penal Code 1871.

(c)

A exposes A’s child with the knowledge that by doing so A is likely to cause its death. The child dies as a result. A may be separately charged with offences under sections 317 and 304 of the Penal Code 1871.

(d)

A dishonestly uses a forged document as evidence to convict B, a public servant, of an offence under section 167 of the Penal Code 1871. A may be separately charged with offences under sections 471 (read with section 466) and 196 of the Penal Code 1871.