Section 132: Jurisdiction for joint trial

(1) Subject to the provisions of section 128 of this Act, where two or more persons subject to service law under this Act under different commands or service jointly commit an offence, the following provisions shall apply as if they were under the same command for the purpose of their trial, that is-
(a) the accused persons shall be tried by one court-martial;
(b) the convening officer for the court-martial shall, subject to subsection (2) of this section, be the officer in whose area of responsibility the offence was committed where one of the accused persons is under his command.
(2) Where two or more accused persons who jointly commit an offence, are in the same area but under different commands, the convening officer for the court-martial shall be the most senior in rank among the two.