CHAPTER THREE
Procedure

PART V
PRELIMINARY INQUIRIES AND COMMITTAL PROCEEDINGS

SUB-PART B
PROCEEDINGS TO COMPEL APPEARANCE OF ACCUSED AND WITNESS

Committal Proceedings

Committal for trial without consideration of evidence
799.— (1) For the purposes of subsection (2) of section 797, where the accused is represented by counsel and the Magistrate has been in¬formed that all the evidence for the prosecution has been given to the accused the Magistrate shall cause the charge to be written down, if this has not already been done, and read to the accused, and shall then ascer¬tain whether he or she wishes to—
(a) object to any of the prosecution statements being tendered in evidence;
(b) give evidence himself or herself or call witnesses; or
(c) submit that the prosecution statements disclose insufficient evi-dence to put him or her on trial by jury for the offence with which he or she is charged.

(2) If the Magistrate is satisfied that the accused or as the case may be, each of the accused persons, does not wish to take any of the steps mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1) and determines, after receiving any written statements tendered by the pros-ecution and the defence under section 800, to commit the accused for trial without consideration of the evidence the Magistrate shall proceed in accordance with subsection (3) and in any other case the Court shall proceed in accordance with section 798.

CHAPTER THREE
Procedure

PART VI
INDICTABLE TRIALS

SUB-PART A
THE TRIAL

Plea of Autrefois Acquit or Autrefois Convict or Pardon

Right of accused to have indictment read
886. Every accused person shall, upon being called upon to plead, be entitled to have the indictment on which he or she is to be tried read over to him or her, if he or she so requires.


Accused to appear and plead
887.— (1) At the time appointed for the trial or sentence of the accused upon any indictment he or she shall appear or be placed at the bar.

(2) The accused shall be informed in open Court of the offence with which he or she is charged as set forth in the indictment and he or she shall be required to plead instantly to the indictment , unless where the accused, having been committed for trial, objects and the Court finds that he or she has not been duly served with a copy of the indictment.

(3) A trial is deemed to begin when the accused is called upon to plead to the indictment.

Article 67
Rights of the accused
1. In the determination of any charge, the accused shall be entitled to a public hearing, having regard to the provisions of this Statute, to a fair hearing conducted impartially, and to the following minimum guarantees, in full equality:
(a) To be informed promptly and in detail of the nature, cause and content of the charge, in a language which the accused fully understands and speaks