CHAPTER 91
PART VIII
PROCEDURE IN TRIALS BEFORE MAGISTRATES' COURTS
198. At the time and place appointed for any adjourned hearing, a magistrate's court shall have the same powers to proceed with, dismiss or adjourn the case as if the complainant was before the court for the first time:
Provided that the court shall not proceed with the case in the absence of the accused person unless it is satisfied that in all the circumstances of the case such person has consented to the trial taking place in his absence.
Fair trial standards
Trials in absentia
EDIT.