PART VI - PROCEDURE IN TRIALS BEFORE MAGISTRATES’ COURTS
190 Non-appearance of parties after adjournment
(1) If at the time or place to which the hearing or further hearing is adjourned, the accused person does not appear before the court which has made the order of adjournment, such court may, unless the accused person is charged with felony, proceed with the hearing or further hearing as if the accused were present, and if the complainant does not appear the court may dismiss the charge with or without costs as the court shall think fit.
(2) If the accused person who has not appeared as aforesaid is charged with felony, or if the court, in its discretion, refrains from convicting the accused in his absence, the court shall issue a warrant for the apprehension of the accused person and cause him to be brought before the court.
191 Conviction in absence of accused may be set aside
If the court convicts the accused person in his absence, it may set aside such conviction upon being satisfied that his absence was from causes over which he had no control, and that he had a probable defence on the merits.
192 Commencement of sentence passed in absence of accused
Any sentence passed under section 186 or 190 shall be deemed to commence from the date of apprehension, and the person effecting such apprehension shall endorse the date thereof on the back of the warrant of commitment.
Fair trial standards
Trials in absentia
Rights during trial - present at trial
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