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| (1) At any trial in any court in which a corporation is the accused, the corporation may be represented by the managing director, the secretary, or a like officer of the corporation or by a person appointed in writing as the representative of the corporation by the managing director. |
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| (2) Where a corporation is represented by any person appointed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) -
| | (a) such person may answer to the charge against the accused and may, where the consent of the accused is required for any purpose, give or refuse such consent, and may exercise on behalf of the accused all or any of the rights of the accused, and | | |
| | (b) any requirement of this Code that anything shall be done in the presence of, or shall be read or said to, the accused shall be construed as a requirement that such thing shall be done in the presence of, or read or said to, such person. | | |
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| (3) Where a corporation is not represented by any person appointed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1), the court shall, if the court is satisfied that summons has been served on the corporation, have the power to proceed with and conclude the trial notwithstanding the fact that the corporation is not represented at the trial. |
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