Postponement of trial
139 Postponement of trial
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—
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
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.
Nothing in this section extends to any prosecution by information in the nature of a quo warranto.
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