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| (1) The Judge of the court of trial shall upon receipt of the indictment-
| | (a) cause the accused to appear or to be brought before him; | | |
| | (b) cause a copy of the indictment to be served on each of the accused who will he tried upon that indictment; | | |
| | (c) inform the accuser of the date of trial, such date being not less than fourteen days from the date on which the accused appears or is so brought before him; | | |
| | (d) direct the accused to execute a bond to appear in court for his trial or by warrant addressed to the superintendent of any prison authorize the detention of the accused pending trial. | | |
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| (2) An accused who has been remanded pending his trial in terms of subsection (1) shall, if he is not brought to trial within a period of forty five days, be entitled to be admitted to bail, unless good cause be shown to the contrary, or unless the trial shall have been postponed on the application of such accused. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts