ART VI - PROCEDURE IN TRIALS BEFORE MAGISTRATES’ COURTS
186 Court may proceed with hearing in absence of accused in certain cases
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 179, if an accused person charged with any offence punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $100 or both such imprisonment and fine does not appear at the time and place appointed in and by the summons, or by any bond for his appearance that he may have entered into, and his personal attendance has not been dispensed with under section 86, the court may, on proof of the proper service of the summons a reasonable time before, or on production of the bond, as the case may be, proceed to hear and determine the case in the absence of the accused or may adjourn the case and issue a warrant for the arrest of the accused in accordance with the provisions of section 89.
Fair trial standards
Trials in absentia
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