Section 119 Accused to plead personally and to receive intimation of diets
Subject to paragraph (2), in any summary proceedings where a person accused in those proceedings is personally present in court, that person shall himself plead to the charge against him whether or not he is represented.
If the judge is satisfied that the accused is not capable for any reason of pleading personally to the charge against him, it shall be sufficient if the plea is tendered by a solicitor or by counsel on his behalf.
Where an accused is not represented or not personally present and a court continues a diet without taking a plea from the accused, the prosecutor shall intimate the continuation and the date of the adjourned diet to the accused.
Subject to section 338(1)(a), where an accused is not represented or not personally present, on the fixing of—
a diet of trial;
a diet after conviction; or
any diet after a plea from the accused has been recorded,
the sheriff clerk or clerk of the district court shall intimate the diet to the accused.