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enables the court to order separate trials where there is more than one charge or more than one accused in the indictment. The court may make such an order on a number of grounds listed in the clause including that it is appropriate for any other reason. The procedure on the separate trial of a charge is the same as if the charge had been set out in a separate indictment and the prosecutor may elect which of the severed charges is to be tried first. If the order is made after a jury has been empanelled, the court may order that the jury be discharged from giving a verdict on the indictment. Clauses 194 and 195 provide for separate trials in relation to sexual offences and conspiracy charges specifically.