CAP. 221]
Abolition of outlawry.
Bringing up of accused person in custody for other cause. 30 & 31 Vict. c. 35, s. 10.
Arraignment of accused person.
Effect of plea of not guilty.
Procedure where accused person on arraignment does not answer.
Procedure on indictment containing count charging previous conviction.
on Criminal Procedure.
48. Outlawry in criminal cases shall be abolished.
49. If the accused person is at the time confined for some other cause in any prison, the court or a judge may, by order in writing, without writ of habeas corpus, direct the Commissioner of Prisons to bring up the body of such person, as often as may be required, for the purpose of the trial, and the Commissioner of Prisons shall obey such order.
Arraignment.
50. (1) The accused person shall be placed at the bar unfettered and not in prison clothes, unless the court sees cause to direct otherwise.
(2) The indictment shall then be read over to him by the Registrar, and explained, if necessary, by the Registrar or the interpreter of the court; and he shall be required to plead instantly thereto, unless he objects to the want of due service of the indictment and notice of trial, and the court finds that he has not been duly served therewith.
51. The accused person, on being arraigned, by pleading generally the plea of not guilty, shall, by such plea, without further form, be deemed to have put himself upon the country for trial:
52. If an accused person, on being arraigned, stands mute of malice or pleads guilty to a charge of murder or other capital offence or will not answer directly to the indictment, the court shall, if it thinks fit, order the Registrar to enter a plea of not guilty on behalf of such accused person; and the plea so entered shall have the same force and effect as if such accused person had actually pleaded the same.
53. Where an indictment contains a count charging the accused person with having been previously convicted, he shall not, at the time of his arraignment, be required to plead to it unless he pleads guilty to the rest of the indictment, nor shall such count be mentioned to the jury when he is given in charge to them or when they are sworn, nor shall he be tried upon it if he is acquitted on the other counts; but, if he is convicted on any other part of the indictment,
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CAP. 221]
Abolition of outlawry.
Bringing up of accused person in custody for other cause. 30 & 31 Vict. c. 35, s. 10.
Arraignment of accused person.
Effect of plea of not guilty.
Procedure
where accused
person on
arraignment does not answer.
Procedure indictment
containing
count
charging previous conviction.
on
Criminal Procedure.
48. Outlawry in criminal cases shall be abolished.
49. If the accused person is at the time confined for some other cause in any prison, the court or a judge may, by order in writing, without writ of habeas corpus, direct the Commissioner of Prisons to bring up the body of such person, as often as may be required, for the purpose of the trial, and the Commissioner of Prisons shall obey such order.
Arraignment.
50. (1) The accused person shall be placed at the bar unfettered and not in prison clothes, unless the court sees cause to direct otherwise.
(2) The indictment shall then be read over to him by the Registrar, and explained, if necessary, by the Registrar or the interpreter of the court; and he shall be required to plead instantly thereto, unless be objects to the want of due service of the indictment and notice of trial, and the court finds that he has not been duly served therewith.
51. The accused person, on being arraigned, by plead- ing generally the plea of not guilty, shall, by such plea, without further form, be deemed to have put himself upon the country for trial:
52. If an accused person, on being arraigned, stands mute of malice or pleads guilty to a charge of murder or other capital offence or will not answer directly to the in- dictment, the court shall, if it thinks fit, order the Registrar to enter a plea of not guilty on behalf of such accused person; and the plea so entered shall have the same force and effect as if such accused person had actually pleaded the same.
53. Where an indictment contains a count charging the accused person with having been previously convicted, he shall not, at the time of his arraignment, be required to plead to it unless he pleads guilty to the rest of the indict- ment, nor shall such count be mentioned to the jury when he is given in charge to them or when they are sworn, nor shall he be tried upon it if he is acquitted on the other counts; but, if he is convicted on any other part of the in-
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