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.
Rights during trial - informed promptly and in detail of charges
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