Section 271: Plea to information or charge

(1) Before a defendant takes his plea, the court shall inform him of his rights under the provisions of section 269 of this Act.
(2) The defendant to be tried on a charge or an information shall be:
(a) brought before the court unfettered unless the court sees cause otherwise to order, and the charge or information shall be read over and explained to him to the satisfaction of the court by the registrar or other officer of the court; and
(b) called upon to plead instantly unless, where the person is entitled to service of the information, he objects to the non-service and where the court finds that he has not be been duly served.
(3) The court shall record the fact that it is satisfied that the defendant understands the charge or information read over and explained to him in the language he understands, and shall record the plea of the defendant to the charge or information as nearly as possible in the words used by him.