transportation sector legal institution, or the safety and defence institution shall handle it as one criminal case. Article 93 (Combination Process of Criminal Cases) In cases where criminal cases are combined, the decision and ruling is made for combining the cases and they shall be treated as one criminal case. In this case, the prosecutor shall be informed. Article 94 (Reasons for Dividing a Criminal Case) In cases where it is unreasonable to handle a criminal case where several people have committed a crime together as one case because some of the criminal suspects, criminals, defendants or accused have absconded, or some are ill with a temporary mental illness or serious illness and the handling of the other criminal suspects, criminals, defendants or accused cannot be postponed until the illness is cured, or the jurisdictions are different, a detective, investigator, prosecutor, judge or first instance Court may divide that case. Article 95 (Division Process of Criminal Case) In cases where it is wished to divide a criminal case, the decision and ruling is made for dividing the cases and a relevant case record is drafted. In this case, the prosecutor shall be informed. The process for handing over the divided criminal case to the legal institution with jurisdiction shall follow Article 152 of this law. SECTION IX: DISCONTINUANCE OF CRIMINAL ACTIONS AND DISMISSAL OF CRIMINAL CASES Article 96 (Reasons for Discontinuance of Criminal Actions) In cases where the defendant or accused has fallen ill with a temporary mental illness or serious illness or absconds and the criminal case cannot continue to be handled, the criminal action will be discontinued. The analysis of mental illness or serious illness shall be done by the institution concerned. Article 97 (Process for Discontinuance of Criminal Actions) In cases where a reason from Article 96 of this law exists, an investigator, prosecutor, judge or court shall handle it in the following way: 1. An investigator shall make the decision to discontinue the preliminaries with the approval of a prosecutor. 2. A prosecutor makes the decision to discontinue the indictment. 3. A judge or court shall make the ruling to discontinue the trial.