Any number of persons charged—
(a) with committing or, with aiding and abetting, or with procuring the commission of the same offence, although at different times;
(b) with harbouring in respect of the same offence, although at different times;
(c) with receiving, although at different times, any property or part of any property obtained by means of an indictable offence or by means of an act which, if it had been done in this State, would be an indictable offence and which is an offence under the laws in force in the place where it was done,
may be charged with substantive offences in the same indictment and may be tried together although, as the case may be, the principal offender is not included in the same indictment, or is not amenable to prosecution.