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If it cannot be determined under the provisions of this Code which court has territorialjurisdiction, the Supreme Court of Cassation shall determine one the courts with materialjurisdiction to conduct the proceedings.3. Joinder and severance of proceedingsArticle 33(1) ) If the same person is accused of several criminal offences, jurisdiction for someresting with a lower-instance court and for others with a higher-instance court, then thehigher court shall be deemed to have jurisdiction, and if courts of the same type arecompetent, than the court which first instituted proceedings based upon a request of anauthorized prosecutor shall have jurisdiction of the case. If the proceedings have not yetbeen instituted, then the court which first received a request to institute proceedingsshall have jurisdiction.(2) The provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article shall apply in determining jurisdictionwhere an aggrieved party had committed a criminal offence against the accused person.(3) The court that that shall have jurisdiction over accomplices shall as a rule be anycourt that as having jurisdiction over one of them first instituted proceedings.(4) The court that has jurisdiction over a perpetrator of a criminal offence shall as a rulealso have jurisdiction over accomplices, accessories after the fact, aiders and abettors,as well as over the persons who failed to report the preparation of the criminal offence,the commission of the criminal offence, or the perpetrator.(5) In all the cases referred to in the preceding paragraphs, as a rule joint proceedingsshall be held and a single judgement rendered.(6) The court may decide to conduct joint proceedings and to pass a single judgmentalso in cases when several persons are charged for several criminal offences, but onlyprovided that a link exists between the committed criminal offences as well as the sameevidence. If lower courts have jurisdiction over some of these criminal offences, andhigher courts over others, then only the higher instance court shall have jurisdiction toconduct joint proceedings.(7) The court may decide to conduct joint proceedings and issue a single judgementwhere separate proceedings are pending before the same court against the sameperson in connection with several criminal offences, or against several persons inconnection with the same criminal offence.(8) Decisions on joinder of proceedings shall be made by the court which is competent toconduct joint proceedings. Decisions to join proceedings or refusing a motion to joinproceedings are not appealable.Article 34