(1) No person is
entitled to traverse or postpone the trial of any information presented
against the person in a court of criminal jurisdiction but, if the court is of
the opinion that a trial should, for any reason, be adjourned, it may—
(a)
adjourn it to any day during the current sessions, or to the next sessions, on
such terms as to bail or otherwise as it thinks fit; and
(b)
respite the recognizances of the prosecutor and witnesses accordingly, in
which case the prosecutor and witnesses are bound to attend on the day to
which the trial has been adjourned without entering into any fresh
recognizances for that purpose.
(2) Nothing in this
section extends to any prosecution by information in the nature of a quo
warranto .