s.116Arraignment of accused
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Section 116Part 6 — Procedure in Trials before the Grand Court

Arraignment of accused

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An accused person to be tried before the Grand Court upon an indictment shall be placed at the bar unfettered, unless the court shall see cause otherwise to order, and the indictment shall be read over to the accused person by the Clerk or other officer of the court and explained or interpreted to the accused person if need be, and such accused person shall be required to plead instantly thereto, unless the accused person shall object that a copy of the indictment has not previously been served upon such accused person under section 110 or the accused person raises objection to the indictment as hereafter in this Code provided.
In the case of a corporation, the corporation may, by its representative, enter a plea in writing, and if either the corporation does not appear by its representative, or, though it does so appear, fails to enter a plea, the court shall cause a plea of not guilty to be entered.
For the purposes of subsection (2), a representative of a corporation need not be appointed under the seal of the corporation, and a statement in writing to be signed by the managing director of the corporation or by any person (by whatever name called) having, or being one of the persons having, the management of the affairs of the corporation, to the effect that the person named in the statement has been appointed as the representative of the corporation for the purposes of this section shall be admissible without further proof as prima facie evidence that that person has been so appointed.

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