CHAPTER I. PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

8. Provisions to secure protection of law

2.

and except with his own consent the trial shall not take place in his absence unless he so
conducts himself as to render the continuance of the proceedings in his presence impracticable
and the court has ordered him to be removed and the trial to proceed in his absence:

Provided that, in such circumstances as may be prescribed by law, the trial may take place in the absence of the person charged so long as no punishment of death or imprisonment (other than imprisonment in default of payment of a fine) is awarded in the event of his conviction.

''BOOK II Procedure Relating to Summary Offences, PART III Hearing and Subsequent Proceedings, TITLE XIII Hearing and Order, 77.Procedure on non-appearance of complainant''

(2) If, when the case is called, neither the complainant nor the defendant appears, the Court shall make such order the justice of the case requires.