Article 263 - Code of Criminal Procedure of the Kingdom of Cambodia

<div><b>Article 263 Extension of Judicial Investigation to Connected Offense</b>s</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;&nbsp; On its own motion or at the request of the General Prosecutor attached to the Court of&nbsp;Appeal, the Investigation Chamber may order the extension of judicial investigation to any offenses&nbsp;related to those already identified by the Investigating Judge, provided that those offenses appear in&nbsp;the case file.</div><div>&nbsp;&nbsp; Related offenses are:</div><div>− offenses committed simultaneously by a group of people;</div><div>− offenses that are committed by different individuals following an agreement among</div><div>them even though the crime is committed at a different time and place; or</div><div>− when a stolen or embezzled item or proceeds of the crime were concealed by other&nbsp;individuals.</div>