Order of Trials

(1) When a court has been convened to try two or more accused separately and they have been sworn in accordance with these Rules, the court shall try them in the order indicated by the convening officer or, where he has given no such indication, then in such order as the court thinks fit. (2) When a court has been convened to try an accused on charges which are included in more than one charge-sheet, the court shall take the charge-sheets in the order indicated by the convening officer or, where he has given no such indication, in such order as the president thinks fit.